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Skepticism and freedom : a modern case for classical liberalism
| 責任表示 | Richard A. Epstein |
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| シリーズ | Studies in law and economics |
| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2003 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | viii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | With this book, Richard A. Epstein provides a spirited and systematic defense of classical liberalism against the critiques mounted against it over the past thirty years. One of the most distinguished...and provocative legal scholars writing today, Epstein here explains his controversial ideas in what will quickly come to be considered one of his cornerstone works. He begins by laying out his own vision of the key principles of classical liberalism: respect for the autonomy of the individual, a strong system of private property rights, the voluntary exchange of labor and possessions, and prohibitions against force or fraud. Nonetheless, he not only recognizes but insists that state coercion is crucial to safeguarding these principles of private ordering and supplying the social infrastructure on which they depend. Within this framework, Epstein then shows why limited government is much to be preferred over the modern interventionist welfare state. Many of the modern attacks on the classical liberal system seek to undermine the moral, conceptual, cognitive, and psychological foundations on which it rests. Epstein rises to this challenge by carefully rebutting each of these objections in turn. For instance, Epstein demonstrates how our inability to judge the preferences of others means we should respect their liberty of choice regarding their own lives. And he points out the flaws in behavioral economic arguments which, overlooking strong evolutionary pressures, claim that individual preferences are unstable and that people are unable to adopt rational means to achieve their own ends. Freedom, Epstein ultimately shows, depends upon a skepticism that rightly shuns making judgments about what is best for individuals, but that also avoids the relativistic trap that all judgments about our political institutions have equal worth. A brilliant defense of classical liberalism, Skepticism and Freedom will rightly be seen as an intellectual landmark. With this book, Richard A. Epstein provides a spirited and systematic defense of classical liberalism against the critiques mounted against it over the past thirty years. One of the most distinguished and provocative legal scholars writing today, Epstein here explains his controversial ideas in what will quickly come to be considered one of his cornerstone works. He begins by laying out his own vision of the key principles of classical liberalism: respect for the autonomy of the individual, a strong system of private property rights, the voluntary exchange of labor and possessions, and prohibitions against force or fraud. Nonetheless, he not only recognizes but insists that state coercion is crucial to safeguarding these principles of private ordering and supplying the social infrastructure on which they depend. Within this framework, Epstein then shows why limited government is much to be preferred over the modern interventionist welfare state. Many of the modern attacks on the classical liberal system seek to undermine the moral, conceptual, cognitive, and psychological foundations on which it rests. Epstein rises to this challenge by carefully rebutting each of these objections in turn. For instance, Epstein demonstrates how our inability to judge the preferences of others means we should respect their liberty of choice regarding their own lives. And he points out the flaws in behavioral economic arguments which, overlooking strong evolutionary pressures, claim that individual preferences are unstable and that people are unable to adopt rational means to achieve their own ends. Freedom, Epstein ultimately shows, depends upon a skepticism that rightly shuns making judgments about what is best for individuals, but that also avoids the relativistic trap that all judgments about our political institutions have equal worth. A brilliant defense of classical liberalism, Skepticism and Freedom will rightly be seen as an intellectual landmark. 続きを見る |
| 目次 | Two forms of skepticism The system of liberty Moral relativism Moral incrementalism Conceptual skepticism A preference for preferences Metapreferences, relative preferences, and the prisoner's dilemma game Behavioral anomalies Cognitive biases. |
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: cloth | 比文 社会変動 | 321.1/E 66 | 2003 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Includes index |
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| 著者標目 | Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Liberty LCSH:Skepticism LCSH:Law -- Philosophy 全ての件名で検索 |
| 分 類 | LCC:K487.L5 DC21:340/.1 |
| 書誌ID | 1001113623 |
| ISBN | 0226213048 |
| NCID | BA62558935 |
| 巻冊次 | : cloth ; ISBN:0226213048 : pbk ; ISBN:0226213056 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.17 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.17 |