Edward W. Younkins

Champions of a Free Society

Ideas of Capitalism's Philosophers and Economists

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is constructed around great thinkers of the past and present who have been influential in developing the philosophy of freedom. Its main purpose is to provide a survey and overview of the ideas of leading individual philosophers and economists of capitalism who have contributed to developing what might be called the classical liberal or libertarian worldview. Champions of a Free Society endeavors to provide a guide to political and economic thinking about the desirability and construction of a free society that is intelligible to the educated layperson. Edward Younkins provides an historical perspective of the pursuit of political and economic truth. The goal of this book is to present the development of ideas in language that permits generally educated readers to understand and appreciate their significance. The book's chronological approach considers the thinkers and their ideas as they have developed over the course of time. There is much unfulfilled illuminative potential to be found in the ideas of the past and Younkins successfully integrates the ideas of past and current thinkers into a logical contemporary worldview.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 810g
• ISBN-13: 9780739126479
• ISBN-10: 0739126474
• Artikelnr.: 24557621

Autorenporträt

By Edward W. Younkins

Inhaltsangabe

1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 3 Introduction Part 4 I. Ancient and Medieval
Periods Chapter 5 1. Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and
Politics Chapter 6 2. Aristotle and Human Flourishing Chapter 7 3.
Aristotle and Economics Chapter 8 4. Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness
Chapter 9 5. Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism Part 10 II. Early
Modern and Renaissance Periods Chapter 11 6. Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics,
and Politics Chapter 12 7. John Locke's Limited State Chapter 13 8. Turgot
on Progress and Political Economy Chapter 14 9. Adam Smith's Moral and
Economic System Part 15 III. The Late Modern Period Chapter 16 10.
Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental Conceptual Integration
Chapter 17 11. Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress Chapter 18 12.
Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being Part 19 IV. The Contemporary Period
Chapter 20 13. Ludwig von Mises on Human Action Chapter 21 14. Ayn Rand's
Philosophy of Objectivism Chapter 22 15. Murray Rothbard's Randian
Austrianism Chapter 23 16. The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek takes a
Wrong Turn Chapter 24 17. Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental
Libertarianism Chapter 25 18. Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological
Comparison Chapter 26 19. James M. Buchanan: Constitutional and
Post-Constitutional Political Economy Chapter 27 20. Robert Nozick's
Libertarian Framework for Utopia Chapter 28 21. Reality is Not Optional:
Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society Chapter 29 22. Michael Novak's
Vision of Democratic Capitalism Part 30 V. The Philosophy of Freedom: In
Retrospect and Prospect Chapter 31 23. Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage
of a Free Society Chapter 32 24. Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society
Chapter 33 Index 34 About the Author