Champions of a Free Society Ideas of

Edward W. Younkins provides an overview of the ideas that provided the basis for what is called the classical liberal or libertarian worldview. An accessibly written book, Champions of a Free Society integrates the ideas of past and current thinkers into a logical, contemporary worldview that allows readers to explore the political and economic thinking behind the desirability and construction of a free society. Book jacket.

Edward W. Younkins is professor of accountancy and business administration at Wheeling Jesuit University

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Ancient and Medieval Periods
Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics	p. 29
Aristotle and Human Flourishing	p. 35
Aristotle and Economics	p. 49
Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness	p. 61
Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism	p. 71
Early Modern and Renaissance Periods
Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics, and Politics	p. 83
John Locke's Limited State	p. 95
Turgot on Progress and Political Economy	p. 109
Adam Smith's Moral and Economic System	p. 123
The Late Modern Period
Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental, Conceptual Integration	p. 137
Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress	p. 149
Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being	p. 159
The Contemporary Period
Ludwig von Mises on Human Action	p. 181
Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism	p. 201
Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism	p. 219
The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek Takes a Wrong Turn	p. 227
Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental Libertarianism	p. 239
Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological Comparison	p. 259
James M. Buchanan: Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Political Economy	p. 267
Robert Nozick's Libertarian Framework for Utopias	p. 277
Reality Is Not Optional: Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society	p. 289
Michael Novak's Vision of Democratic Capitalism	p. 297
The Philosophy of Freedom: In Retrospect and Prospect
Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage of a Free Society	p. 315
Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society	p. 333
Index	p. 371
About the Author	p. 393
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Champions of a Free Society Ideas of Capitalism's Philosophers and Economists

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