The Ethics of Liberty

Title Page
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Contents
Dedication
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I: Introduction: Natural Law
1. Natural Law and Reason
2. Natural Law as “Science”
3. Natural Law versus Positive Law
4. Natural Law and Natural Rights
5. The Task of Political Philosophy
Part II: A Theory of Liberty
6. A Crusoe Social Philosophy
7. Interpersonal Relations: Voluntary Exchange
8. Interpersonal Relations: Ownership and Aggression
9. Property and Criminality
10. The Problem of Land Theft
11. Land Monopoly, Past and Present
12. Self-Defense
13. Punishment and Proportionality
14. Children and Rights
15. “Human Rights” As Property Rights
16. Knowledge, True and False
17. Bribery
18. The Boycott
19. Property Rights and the Theory of Contracts
20. Lifeboat Situations
21. The “Rights” of Animals
Part III: The State Versus Liberty
22. The Nature of the State
23. The Inner Contradictions of the State
24. The Moral Status of Relations to the State
25. On Relations Between States
Part IV: Modern Alternative Theories of Liberty
26. Utilitarian Free-Market Economics
A. Introduction: Utilitarian Social Philosophy
B. The Unanimity and Compensation Principles
C. Ludwig von Mises and “Value-Free” Laissez Faire
27. Isaiah Berlin on Negative Freedom
28. F.A. Hayek and The Concept of Coercion
29. Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State
Part V: Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty
30. Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty
Bibliography
Index