Libertarian philosophy in the real world : the politics of natural rights /

Robert Nozick''s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely recognized as one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy. Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World not only provides a concise and accessible introduction to Nozick''s ideal rights-based, minimal libertar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Mark D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2014]
©2015
Temas:
Libertarianism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Libertarianism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Halftitle
  • Series
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Introduction
  • Locke, natural rights, and the founding fathers
  • Beyond Locke's defense of natural rights
  • CHAPTER ONE Natural rights, the minimal state, and its legitimate functions
  • The challenge of providing an ethical foundation for natural rights
  • Nozick's account of rights
  • Interpreting the NAP in light of Nozick's conception of rights
  • The legitimate functions of the state
  • CHAPTER TWO Property rights, eminent domain, regulatory takings, and zoning.
  • The stringency of property rights
  • The abuse of eminent domain
  • Regulatory takings
  • Zoning laws
  • CHAPTER THREE Rights of expression and association
  • The libertarian defense of free expression
  • The right of free association
  • Marriage equality under law
  • CHAPTER FOUR Paternalism
  • The libertarian objection
  • Social Security
  • Medicare
  • Motorcycle helmet and seat belt laws
  • Antismoking laws
  • Recreational drugs and prostitution
  • Soft paternalism
  • CHAPTER FIVE The regulatory state
  • Health and safety regulations
  • Environmental laws and regulations.
  • CHAPTER SIX The federal income tax and the federal reserve system
  • The federal income tax
  • The Fed: a brief history
  • Monetary discretion and the rule of law
  • The libertarian alternatives to the Fed
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Corporate welfare and the welfare state
  • Corporate welfare
  • The welfare state
  • The libertarian alternative to the welfare state
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Public education
  • First principles
  • K-12 Education: the morally illegitimate status quo
  • The solution
  • Higher education
  • CHAPTER NINE Health care
  • The status quo
  • The affordable care act
  • Free market medicine.
  • CHAPTER TEN Political issues for which there is no doctrinaire libertarian position
  • Foreign policy
  • Abortion rights
  • Immigration
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN What is to be done?
  • Arguing for libertarianism
  • Living free (is the best revenge)
  • NOTES
  • LIST OF USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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