Thomas Szasz

Faith in Freedom

Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices

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Produktbeschreibung

The ethical standards of psychiatric practice mandate that psychiatrists coerce certain innocent persons. Abstaining from such "intervention" is considered malpractice--dereliction of the psychiatrists "duty to protect." This duty reflects the fact that psychiatry is an arm of the coercive apparatus of the state, converting it to an institution Thomas Sas calls "psychiatric slavery." How should friends of freedom--especially libertarians--deal with the conflict between elementary libertarian principles and prevailing psychiatric practices? In Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices, Sas addresses this question.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780765802446
• ISBN-10: 0765802449
• Artikelnr.: 20955787

Autorenporträt

Thomas Szasz

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Liberty from Psychiatry
I. Principles: Why Libertarianism and Psychiatry are Incompatible
1. Responsibility: The Moral Foundation of Liberty
2. The Libertarian Credo and the Ideology of Psychiatry
3. Economics and Psychiatry: Twin Scientisms
4. Economocracy and Pharmacracy: Twin Systems of Social Control
II. Profiles: Where Some Famous Libertarians Went Wrong
A. Civil Libertarians
5. John Stuart Mill
6. Bertrand Russell
7. The American Civil Liberties Union
B. Objectivist Libertarians
8. Ayn Rand
9. Nathaniel Branden
C. Libertarians
10. Ludwig von Mises
11. Friedrich von Hayek
12. Murray N. Rothbard
13. Robert Nozick
14. Julian Simon
15. Deirdre N. McCloskey
Finale
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index