Skepticism and Freedom
A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism (Studies in Law and Economics)
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9453064M
- ISBN-139780226213040
- ISBN-100226213048
- OCLC Control Number50851678
- OCLC Control Numberskepticismfreedo0000epst
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002152211
- Goodreads2324111
- LibraryThing314495
Classifications
- LCCK487.L5E67 2003
Description
"Many of the modern attacks on the classical liberal system seek to undermine the moral, conceptual, cognitive, and psychological foundations on which it rests. Epstein rises to this challenge by carefully rebutting each of these objections in turn. For instance, Epstein demonstrates how our inability to judge the preferences of others means we should respect their liberty of choice regarding their own lives. And he points out the flaws in behavioral economic arguments which, overlooking strong evolutionary pressures, claim that individual preferences are unstable and that people are unable to adopt rational means to achieve their own ends. Freedom, Epstein ultimately shows, depends upon a skepticism that rightly shuns making judgments about what is best for individuals, but that also avoids the relativistic traps that all judgments about our political institutions have equal worth."--Jacket.
First Sentence
THE STUDY OF LAW IN THE UNITED STATES can no longer be regarded as an autonomous discipline, if it ever was.
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