Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 264
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7425-3102-4 • Hardback • June 2003 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
978-0-7425-3103-1 • Paperback • May 2003 • $46.00 • (£35.00)
Tibor R. Machan is professor emeritus of philosophy at Auburn University and currently distinguished fellow and Freedom Communications Professor of Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at Chapman University.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: For Individual Rights
Chapter 3 Opposing Senses of Freedom
Chapter 4 Ethical Egoism (or Individualism)-Personal Responsibility
Chapter 5 Why Capitalism Squares with Morality
Chapter 6 Immigration into a Free Society
Chapter 7 Military Defense of a Free Society
Chapter 8 Liberty - Economic v. Moral benefits
Chapter 9 Against Utilitarianism
Chapter 10 Reflections on the Right to Private Property
Chapter 11 The Democratic Ideal
Chapter 12 Revisiting the Class Warfare
Chapter 13 Individual rights, Democracy and Government Debt
Chapter 14 Exploring Extreme Violence (Torture)
Chapter 15 The Norms of Military Intervention
Chapter 16 Democracy and Foreign Affairs
Chapter 17 Why Abortion is not Murder
Chapter 18 Objections and Alternatives to Affirmative Action
Chapter 19 The Bill of Rights and Moral Philosophy
Chapter 20 Freedom and the Media
The Passion for Liberty makes a convincing case for freedom, using a moral (as opposed to utilitarian) argument. This is an impressive primer on the principles of liberty.
— National Review
A remarkably clear, concise, and engaging statement of the 'libertarian' defense of liberty. What is especially useful is the application of that defense to specific public policy issues, something that the reader will find helpful and challenging.
— Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University, New Orleans