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Title

Foundations of a free society : reflections on Ayn Rand's political philosophy / edited by Gregory Salmieri and Robert Mayhew.

Publication

• Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Salmieri, Gregory
• Mayhew, Robert

Description

xi, 460 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Foundations of a Free Society brings together some of the most knowledgeable Ayn Rand scholars and proponents of her philosophy, as well as notable critics, putting them in conversation with other intellectuals who also see themselves as defenders of capitalism and individual liberty. United by the view that there is something importantly right--though perhaps also much wrong--in Rand's political philosophy, contributors reflect on her views with the hope of furthering our understandings of what sort of society is best and why. The volume provides a robust elaboration and defense of the foundation of Rand's political philosophy in the principle that force paralyzes and negates the functioning of reason; it offers an in-depth scholarly discussion of Rand's view on the nature of individual rights and the role of government in defending them; it deals extensively with the similarities and differences between Rand's thought and the libertarian tradition (to which she is often assimilated) and objections to her positions arising from this tradition; it explores Rand's relation to the classical liberal tradition, specifically with regard to her defense of freedom of the intellect; and it discusses her views on the free market, with special attention to the relation between these views and those of the Austrian school of economics.

Series Statement

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies

Uniform Title

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies.

Alternative Title

Reflections on Ayn Rand's political philosophy

Subjects

• Free will and determinism
• Rand, Ayn
• Liberty > Social aspects
• Social sciences > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-447) and index.

Contents

The place of the non-initiation of force principle in Ayn Rand's philosophy / Darryl Wright -- Force and the mind / Darryl Wright -- The scope and justification of Rand's non-initiation of force principle / Darryl Wright -- Ayn Rand's theory of rights: an exposition and response to critics / Fred D. Miller Jr., Adam Mossoff -- A critique of Ayn Rand's theory of rights: response to Miller and Mossoff / Matt Zwolinski -- Selfish regard for the rights of others: continuing a discussion with Zwolinski, Miller, and Mossoff / Gregory Salmieri -- Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick on rights / Lester H. Hunt -- Rand (contra Nozick) on individual rights and the emergence and justification of government / Onkar Ghate -- Anarchism versus objectivism / Harry Binswanger -- Defending liberty: the commonsense approach / Michael Huemer -- Egoism, force, and the need for government: a response to Huemer / Harry Binswanger -- A wall of separation between church and state: understanding this principle's supporting arguments and far-reaching implications / Onkar Ghate -- The arc of liberalism: Locke, Mill, and Rand / Robert Garmong -- Economic theory and conceptions of value: Rand and Austrians versus the mainstream / Robert Tarr -- Mises, Rand, and the twentieth century / Peter J. Boettke -- The head, the heart, and the ethics of capitalism: response to Boettke / Robert Garmong -- The aristocracy of pull: an objectivist analysis of cronyism / Steve Simpson.

Call Number

JFE 19-6690

ISBN

• 9780822945482
• 0822945487

OCLC

1048933966

Title

Foundations of a free society : reflections on Ayn Rand's political philosophy / edited by Gregory Salmieri and Robert Mayhew.

Publisher

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-447) and index.

Added Author

Salmieri, Gregory, editor.

Mayhew, Robert, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-6690