THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY

MURRAY N. ROTHBARD

ISBN 10: 0391023713 / ISBN 13: 9780391023710

Published by HUMANITIES PRESS, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY
• Publisher: HUMANITIES PRESS
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0391023713
• ISBN 13: 9780391023710
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Condition: VERY GOOD
• Dust Jacket Condition: NONE
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.