Political Philosophy, Clearly: Essays on Freedom & Fairness, Property & Equalities (Collected Papers of Anthony De Jasay) - Softcover

Jasay, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0865977836 ISBN 13: 9780865977839

Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc, 2010

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Book by Jasay Anthony de

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. . . . the majority of the essays are insightful, and many of them are profound, In this body of work, Jasay has done something remarkable, because he has taken on such a broad array of topics and added a spark to the discussion of each. Best of all, his cynicism about the state is leavened by a cheerful optimism about the human capacity to understand and learn from good writing and good examples, presented clearly and concisely.

Public Choice
July 11, 2012


Political Philosophy, Clearly is rich and wide-ranging. Its author deftly addresses the impossibility of the "bounded state," the problem of "rights" talk, the obviousness of the presumption of liberty, and the ways an anarchist system can provide public goods. The short collection evinces a scholar with much of considerable value to say on many topics.

Cato Journal
Spring/Summer 2012

. . . .readers can certainly expect to be stimulated and challenged by Political Philosophy, Clearly. Jasay has shown clearly and helpfully that many difficulties often thought to render a free society unachievable or the maintenance of an expanding state inevitable are in fact surmountable. For his willingness to help us see that potential, as for his clarity and analytical rigor, all friends of freedom should be grateful.

The Independent Review
Spring 2011

History of Economic Thought and Policy/ 2-2012

Political Philosophy, Clearly

Anthony de Jasay's latest book, Political Philosophy, Clearly: Essays on Freedom and Fairness, Property and Equalities, collects a number of recent published and unpublished essays. In contrast to his more reference-driven earlier writings, many of these essays concern logical analysis and clarification of the relationship between concepts such as justice, fairness and liberty

Aschwin de Wolf

Writer and Researcher, Portland, Oregon, USA

Reseña del editor:

Anthony de Jasay, one of the most independent thinkers and influential libertarian political philosophers of our time, challenges the reigning paradigms justifying modern democratic government. The articles collected in Political Philosophy, Clearly delve deeply into the realm of political thought and philosophical criticism. A reader who is interested in a philosophical, yet clear, jargon-free account of such fundamental topics as the relationship between liberty and justice, the viability of limiting government, the role of property, and the possibilities of the private provision of public goods as well as the private enforcement of public rules will find reading this book rewarding. Most of the articles have been published before in a wide arrray of publications and are presented here for the first time in one volume.

The discussions in this work exhibit the antistatist line of thought that Jasay consistently pursues in all his writings. For Jasay, the provision of collective goods, including the most central one of social order itself, is much less dependent on the application of fundamental coercive power by centralized authorities than generally assumed. This idea echoes arguments he develops in detail in Social Contract, Free Ride.

Anthony de Jasay is an independent theorist living in France. Jasay ?believes that philosophy should be mainly, if not exclusively, about clarifying conclusions that arise from the careless use of, or deliberate misuse of, language. There are echoes here of . . . Wittgenstein's later philosophy.” His books, translated into a half dozen languages, include Justice and Its Surroundings and Social Contract, Free Ride.

[source/credit line] I. M. D. Little in Ordered Anarchy, 2007

Hartmut Kliemt is Professor of Philosophy and Economics at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

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• Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0865977836
• ISBN 13: 9780865977839
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 347