false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171010913m/81983.jpg 81983 5 <P>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 <B>The Ethics of Liberty</B> stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.<P> 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.<P><B>The Ethics of Liberty</B> 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. 79157 1981 The Ethics of Liberty total:46|5:17|4:18|3:8|2:3|1:0| 46 187 90 7 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 22:29:31 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 22:38:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 11:46:53 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 11:49:33 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 18:50:31 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:52:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 17 23:48:07 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 23:49:10 -0800 2008 http://books.google.com/books?id=dcg_To7...

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