Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) was an economist, historian, philosopher, and legal theoretician. His work was unified by a passionate and resolute commitment to a libertarianism that may be characterized as 'anarcho-capitalism' and which implied a belief that even the legal system may be provided privately without the need for a coercive collective authority. Hence, anarcho-capitalists envisage a society where the traditional role of government is wholly subsumed by private, profit-making enterpri…
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- Full title :Murray Rothbard / Gerard Casey.
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Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) was an economist, historian, philosopher, and legal theoretician. His work was unified by a passionate and resolute commitment to a libertarianism that may be characterized as 'anarcho-capitalism' and which implied a belief that even the legal system may be provided privately without the need for a coercive collective authority. Hence, anarcho-capitalists envisage a society where the traditional role of government is wholly subsumed by private, profit-making enterprises and all social relationships are ultimately founded upon consent. <br /><br />Rothbard's unique intellectual contribution was to build this system of thought from many pre-existing but previously disparate strands and to develop it to its logical conclusion. Rothbard's starting points were the notions of methodological individualism, natural rights theory, and individual self-ownership. He showed that if we wish these seriously then the justification for government falls away. According to Rothbard government can only be 'justified' if we abandon the notion that individuals have the right to determine what to do with their own bodies, a step he believed to be unconscionable. <br />
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- Publication Date:2010.
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- Publisher(s):Continuum
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 169 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781441142092, 1441142096, 9781441135612, 1441135618, 1283205564, 9781283205566, 9781501301599, 1501301594, 9781441100795, 1441100792
- oclc:ocn747105987
- LC Classification:H23.R67
- Dewey Decimal:330.15/7
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Intellectual Biography -- Introduction -- Family and Education -- Rothbard Meets Mises -- Early Writings and Political Activity -- Rothbard -- Right and Left -- Rothbard in Brooklyn and Las Vegas -- Power and Market, For a New Liberty, The Ethics of Liberty -- Think Tanks, Institutes and Journals -- Libertarianism and Conservatism -- Rothbard -- Economist and Libertarian -- Chapter 2. Rothbard -- Libertarian -- Introduction -- Rothbard -- Praxeologist -- Rothbard -- Natural Law Ethicist -- Rothbard -- Enemy of the State -- Rothbard -- Defender of Liberty -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Influence and Reception -- Introduction -- Rothbard and Nozick -- Rothbard -- Historian of Economic Crises -- Rothbard -- Historian of Liberty -- Rothbard -- Historian of Economics -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Contemporary Relevance -- The Global Financial Crisis of 2007 -- Rothbard -- Polemicist -- A World Full of Hate? -- Libertarianism and Conservatism -- Again -- Strategy -- Conclusion.
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