Liberty and Culture - Hardcover

Tibor R. Machan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879755245 ISBN 13: 9780879755249

Publisher: Prometheus, 1989

Synopsis

Has Marxism finally shown itself to be a bankrupt social philosophy? Why should we strive for economic democracy? Are individual human rights to be protected only so long as no one is inconvenienced? Are radical measures needed in the defense of our freedoms? Can competitive, profit-oriented free market capitalism coincide with heart-felt public concern for the social welfare of others? Why do so many people harbor anti-business attitudes? Have we become a nation of moral eunuchs who won't, or can't stand up for their own rights? Is there is right to health care? Has society really been corrupted by public education, pornography, show business, and the like?

This extraordinary array of piercing social questions is just a tasty sampling of the intellectual hors d'oeuvres offered to whet the appetites of those who seek a more satisfying and practical approach to contemporary social problems. In Liberty & Culture, Tibor Machan, one of America's leading libertarian authors, compiles more than 130 of his articles and editorials from leading newspaper columns and nationally recognized magazines.

The selections cover Marxism, Democracy, Individual Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Economics, Business, Law, Morality, Medicine, and Culture. Each chapter rings with the clarion call of unabashed individualism, a position that Machan believes offers the most sound ethical stance for human life. The cause of liberty and individual rights has never had a more dedicated champion!

About this title

From the Author:

Applying the principles of the free society
These are essays from newspapers, magazines and some journals, produced since the author began publishing such materials, with an eye to indicating how the principles of a bona fide free society, based on individual (negative) rights to life, liberty and property, can be deployed by us to fruitfully address contemporary problems -- at most times, indeed, by leaving the solution to be found and applied by those outside politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0879755245
• ISBN 13: 9780879755249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288