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Libertarianism (Hardcover)
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The essence of libertarianism is the view that coercive political
institutions, such as the state, are justified only insofar as they
function to protect each person's liberty to pursue their own goals
and well-being in their own way. Libertarians accordingly argue
that any attempt to enforce top-down concepts of social justice or
economic equality are fundamentally misconceived. In this book,
leading expert Eric Mack provides a rigorous and clear account of
the philosophical principles of libertarianism. He offers accounts
of three distinctive schools of libertarian thought, which he
labels the natural rights approach, the cooperation to mutual
advantage approach, and the indirect consequentialist approach.
After examining the historical roots of these approaches in the
thought of figures such as John Locke and David Hume, he provides
illuminating accounts of the foundational arguments and the
theories of economic justice offered by Robert Nozick and F.A.
Hayek. He then examines a range of other debates, such as those
surrounding the nature of the minimal state and those between
critics and defenders of libertarianism. This book will be
essential reading for anyone interested in political philosophy,
political ideologies and the nature of liberty and state authority,
from students and scholars to general readers.
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