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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Narveson, Jan, 1936- Respecting persons in theory and practice. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2002 (OCoLC)654405315 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jan Narveson |
ISBN: | 0742513297 9780742513297 0742513300 9780742513303 |
OCLC Number: | 48429135 |
Description: | xiv, 313 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Utilitarianism and formalism -- A puzzle about economic justice in Rawls' theory -- Marxism : hollow at the core -- On recent arguments for egalitarianism -- Moral realism, emotivism, and natural law -- Justice as pure efficiency : pareto efficiency, justice, and the free market--a pure efficiency conception of justice -- Toward a liberal theory of ideology-a quasi-Marxian exploration -- Property rights : original acquisition and lockean provisos -- Deserving profits -- Fixing democracy -- The anarchist's case -- Have we a right to nondiscrimination? -- Collective rights? -- The drug laws : more nails in the coffin of American Liberalism -- Children and rights -- Natural resources, sustainability, and the central committee. |
Responsibility: | Jan Narveson. |
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A powerful collection of Jan Narveson's best essays, culled from over three decades in professional philosophy. . . . Despite being a serious philosophy text, this book reads rather like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with footnotes. Throughout, Narveson's range is astonishing, his style engaging, and the quality of his writing second only to that of his reasoning. * Laissez-Faire * Read more...
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