The Ethics of Liberty
Rothbard, Murray N. (Signed)
From RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
AbeBooks Seller Since December 13, 2001
From RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
AbeBooks Seller Since December 13, 2001
About this Item
Signed, without inscription, by Murray Rothbard atop front free endpaper. "Economics can help supply much of the data for a libertarian position but it cannot establish that political philosophy itself. For political judgements are necessarily value-judgements, political philosophy is therefore necessarily ethical, and hence a positive ethical system must be set forth to establish the case for individual liberty." - Preface. "Rothbard (1926-1995) was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement and a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism" - Wikipedia. Clean and unmarked with moderate peripheral wear to original dark blue cloth brightly lettered in gilt. Binding tight. Light foxing to edges. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. A quality signed copy of this fascinating study. ; Sm 4to; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 566j0533
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Ethics of Liberty
Publisher: Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
About this title
In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.
What distinguishes Rothbard's book is the manner in which it roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. An economist by profession, Rothbard here proves himself equally at home with philosophy. And while his conclusions are radical?that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state?his applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.
The Ethics of Liberty authoritatively established the anarcho-capitalist economic system as the most viable and the only principled option for a social order based on freedom. This edition is newly indexed and includes a new introduction that takes special note of the Robert Nozick-Rothbard controversies.
The author of numerous books, the late Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was the S. J. Hall Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Academic Vice President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe is Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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