LEADER 03071cam 2200469 a 4500001 ssj0000229169 003 WaSeSS 005 20190313051101.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 080908s2009 mdu sb 001 0 eng d 010 2008039286 020 9780739130742 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 0739130749 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 9780739130766 (electronic) 020 0739130765 (electronic) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0000229169 040 DLC |cDLC |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dC#P |dBWX |dDLC |dWaSeSS 049 EREENEHH 050 00 B105.L45 |bM24 2009 082 00 320.01/1 |222 100 1 Machan, Tibor R. |=^A64838 245 14 The promise of liberty |h[electronic resource] : |ba non-utopian vision / |cTibor R. Machan. 260 Lanham, MD : |bLexington Books, 300 xiii, 297 p. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: Why moral judgments can be objective -- Theorists versus their theories : the case of agent causation -- Ethics and its controversial assumptions -- Individualism and human success -- Virtue, liberty, and private property : aspects of humanist political economy -- Economic analysis and the pursuit of liberty -- Human rights and poverty -- Rights, values, regulation, and health care -- The morality of smoking -- Philosophy, physics, and common sense -- The calculation problem and the tragedy of the commons -- Government budget crises -- Some reflections on the right to private property -- Revisiting a critique of libertarianism -- Leo Strauss, neo-conservative? -- Tocqueville and Rand, contrasting views of individualism -- Can and should the constitution be rescued? -- The distraction of anarchism -- "Intellectual" stuff and the right to private property -- Fetal rights : implications of a supposed ought -- 1985 speculation : the fate of Soviet colonies after the fall -- Does one have a right to be wrong? -- Reflections on democracy -- Altruism (stakeholder theory) versus business ethics -- Yes, individualists should respect others' rights. 506 Available only to authorized users. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 0 Liberty |xPhilosophy. |=^A211044 650 0 Liberty. |=^A2077 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=467139 947 (OCoLC)ocn253839231 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4600604