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Challenge of Liberty
Robert Higgs
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Restoring the ideas and ideals of classical liberalism, this collection shows how its contemporary exponents defend such pillars of free societies as individual rights, human dignity, market processes, and the rule of law. The quest for freedom has always been as much a battle of ideas as it is a popular struggle. Classical liberal pioneers such as John Locke and Adam Smith stressed the inherent worth of the individual, inalienable rights, and the benevolent consequences of the cooperative, peaceful pursuit of one’s own happiness. These ideas became the intellectual scaffolding for much of the West’s most fundamental institutions and achievements. ... Read more
Restoring the ideas and ideals of classical liberalism, this collection shows how its contemporary exponents defend such pillars of free societies as individual rights, human dignity, market processes, and the rule of law. The quest for freedom has always been as much a battle of ideas as it is a popular struggle. Classical liberal pioneers such as John Locke and Adam Smith stressed the inherent worth of the individual, inalienable rights, and the benevolent consequences of the cooperative, peaceful pursuit of one’s own happiness. These ideas became the intellectual scaffolding for much of the West’s most fundamental institutions and achievements. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oakland, United States
ISBN
9781598130027
SKU
V9781598130027
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About Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs is senior fellow at the Independent Institute and editor of their quarterly journal The Independent Review. Carl P. Close is director of academic affairs at the Independent Institute and assistant editor of The Independent Review.
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