Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives from Political Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0844750018 ISBN 13 : 9780844750019

Editeur : AEI Press, 2016

Synopsis

Is economic liberty necessary for individuals to lead truly flourishing lives? Whether your immediate answer is yes or no, this question is deceptively simple. What do we mean by liberty? What constitutes the flourishing life? How are these related? How is economic liberty related to other goods that affect human flourishing? To answer these questions-and more-this volume brings to bear some of history's greatest thinkers, interpreted by some of today's leading scholars of their thought. How might Aristotle have understood the relationship between economic liberty and human flourishing? Hobbes and Locke, Mill, Rousseau, Burke, Adam Smith, Kant, de Tocqueville, and Marx? So much of the policy and political debates around issues of economic liberty are often cast in somewhat narrow terms. What is the precise magnitude of this elasticity? Is a certain policy popular among key constituencies? Of course, economic and political analysis have a vital role to play in shaping and understanding public policy. But it is helpful-and refreshing-from time to time to step back and examine the foundation. This volume endeavors to do exactly that.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michael R. Strain is director of Economic Policy Studies and resident scholar at AEI.

Stan A. Veuger is resident scholar at AEI and the editor of AEI Economic Perspectives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AEI Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0844750018
• ISBN 13: 9780844750019
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Éditeur: Strain Michael R., Veuger Stan A.
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