Governing least : a New England libertarianism /
This text defends libertarianism and more broadly a classical liberal view of political economy. It is often assumed that libertarianism depends on thinking that property rights are absolute, or on fetishizing individual liberty. This work argues that, on the contrary, the foundations of libertarian...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Oxford political philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text defends libertarianism and more broadly a classical liberal view of political economy. It is often assumed that libertarianism depends on thinking that property rights are absolute, or on fetishizing individual liberty. This work argues that, on the contrary, the foundations of libertarianism can be found in widely shared, everyday moral beliefs - particularly in strictures against shifting our burdens onto others. The core of libertarianism, on this interpretation, lies not in an exaggerated sense of our rights against other people, but in modesty about what we can demand from them. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 326 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references asnd index. |
| ISBN: | 0190863250 9780190863265 0190863269 9780190863272 0190863277 9780190863258 |