Individualism and the Social Order: The Social Element in Liberal Thought

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Routledge, 2004 M01 15 - 256 páginas
Liberalism is typically misconceived as a philosophy of individualism, which cannot accept that man exists in society and that man's values are shaped by that society.This book attempts to identify the role of community and society in the political and social thought of leading liberal social philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries including Jo
 

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Acknowledgments
1
Mill and libertarian liberalism
37
Stephen and conservative liberalism
71
Spencer and the evolution of moral society
95
tradition and custom in the social order
131
Mises and the triumph of libertarian ideas
158
Hayek and the form of the liberal community
180
Conclusion
214
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Charles R. McCann is Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh. He has produced an interesting work that mixes communitarianism and economics and will surprise and intrigue in equal measure. Students and academics involved in the history of economic thought, philosophy and libertarianism will find this book to be a useful addition to their reading list.

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