The Cambridge Handbook of Classical Liberal Thought
The Cambridge Handbook of Classical Liberal Thought
M. Todd Henderson, University of Chicago School of Law
September 2018
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Polls suggest up to twenty percent of Americans describe their beliefs as 'libertarian', but libertarians are often derided as heartless Social Darwinists or naïve idealists. This illuminating handbook brings together scholars from a range of fields (from law to philosophy to politics to economics) and political perspectives (right, left, and center) to consider how classical liberal principles can help us understand and potentially address a variety of pressing social problems including immigration, climate change, the growth of the prison population, and a host of others. Anyone interested in political theory or practical law and politics will find this book an essential resource for understanding this major strand of American politics.
- Provides a foundation to the meaning of 'classical liberal' and will serve as an introductory work for students, scholars or policy makers interested in political theory or policy
- Contains material from a variety of disciplines, with an interdisciplinary approach that will appeal to a wide ranging audience
- Explores many current policy debates using classical liberal ideas to form new solutions to old problems
- Includes works from classical liberal thinkers, as well as critics of classical liberalism
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September 2018Hardback
9781108416931
322 pages
236 × 160 × 21 mm
0.59kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The rise, fall, and renaissance of classical liberalism Ralph Raico
- 2. Back the future: new classical liberalism and old social justice Jason Brennan
- 3. More and better: resources defined through property and exchange Art Carden
- 4. The boundaries of anti-discrimination laws David E. Bernstein
- 5. Environmental protection: final frontier or Achilles heel? Jonathon H. Adler
- 6. I, Pencil Leonard E. Read
- Note from Editor and introduction Lawrence W. Reed
- 7. Foot voting and the future of liberty Ilya Somin
- 8. Classical liberal administrative law in a progressive world Michael Rappaport
- 9. Political libertarianism Jacob T. Levy
- 10. The bourgeois argument for freer immigration Fernando R. Tesón
- 11. Rationality – what?: misconceptions of neoclassical and behavioral economics Mario J. Rizzo
- 12. Property, intellectual property, and regulation James Y. Stern
- 13. Classical liberalism and the problem of technological change Justin Hurwitz and Geoffrey A. Manne
- 14. Classical liberalism, race and mass incarceration Aziz Huq
- 15. Seven problems for classical liberals Louis Michael Seidman
- 16. Meeting the fundamental objections to classical liberalism Richard A. Epstein.
