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Capitalism and Freedom
$17.50Capitalism and Freedom
$17.50How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy-one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. The result is an accessible text that has sold well over half a million copies in English, has been translated into eighteen languages, and shows every sign of becoming more and more influential as time goes on.
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Common Sense, the Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings
$6.95A volume of Thomas Paine’s most essential works, showcasing one of American history’s most eloquent proponents of democracy.
Upon publication, Thomas Paine’s modest pamphlet Common Sense shocked and spurred the foundling American colonies of 1776 to action. It demanded freedom from Britain—when even the most fervent patriots were only advocating tax reform. Paine’s daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and, consequently, the Revolutionary War. For “without the pen of Paine,” as John Adams said, “the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.”
Later, his impassioned defense of the French Revolution, Rights of Man, caused a worldwide sensation. Napoleon, for one, claimed to have slept with a copy under his pillow, recommending that “a statue of gold should be erected to [Paine] in every city in the universe.”
Here in one volume, these two complete works are joined with selections from Pain’s other major essays, “The Crisis,” “The Age of Reason,” and “Agrarian Justice.”
Includes a Foreword by Jack Fruchtman Jr. and an Introduction by Sidney Hook
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Product inEthics & Moral Philosophy ,Philosophy (Books) ,IndividualismOn Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays
$12.95Mill’s four essays, ‘On Liberty’, ‘Utilitarianism’, ‘Considerations on Representative Government’, and ‘The Subjection of Women’ examine the most central issues that face liberal democratic regimes – whether in the nineteenth century or the twenty-first. They have formed the basis for many of the political institutions of the West since the late nineteenth century, tackling as they do the appropriate grounds for protecting individual liberty, the basic principles of ethics, the benefits and the costs of representative institutions, and the central importance of gender equality in society.
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Product inEthics & Moral Philosophy ,Philosophy (Books) ,IndividualismThe Theory of Moral Sentiments
$19.00Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith’s classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.
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Product inIndividualism ,Western CivilizationTwo Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration
$20.00Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars.
Ian Shapiro’s introduction places Locke’s political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration and the major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke’s views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke’s political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke’s political thought.
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Product inEpistemology ,Philosophy (Books) ,IndividualismVirtue of Selfishness
$7.99Virtue of Selfishness
$7.99Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life–the life proper to a rational being–as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man’s nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.
More than 1.3 million copies sold!
Individualism
Many college courses promote the idea of collectivism over individualism. These texts show how important the individual is to society, including your personal rights.
