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Author | : George Weigel |
Publisher | : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
With a challenging foreword by Richard John Neuhaus on Christians as "resident aliens" of any earthly city, the book will interest those who wish to think more closely about the Christian contribution to social questions after the fall of communism, as it explores and critically examines a century of Catholic reflection and argument on human freedom, the just society, and the international order.
Author | : Brad Lips |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2021-06-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781732587311 |
In 2021, the world is emerging from an extraordinary health crisis. It now confronts an extraordinary freedom crisis. Brad Lips's Liberalism and the Free Society 2021 takes a sober look at how institutions of liberal democracy are now tested - in the U.S. and worldwide - by lockdowns, cronyism, cancel culture, and more. Exploring trends from the Global Index of Economic Mentality and drawing insights from an international network of experts and activists, Liberalism and the Free Society 2021 offers readers a deeper understanding of the fragility of freedom's future. Importantly, the book also shares reasons for hope as well as a path forward for building a larger coalition around the timeless values that sustain free societies.
Author | : Eamonn Butler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Economic policy |
ISBN | : 9780255366915 |
Author | : Gregory Salmieri |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2019-03-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0822986531 |
Foundations of a Free Society brings together some of the most knowledgeable Ayn Rand scholars and proponents of her philosophy, as well as notable critics, putting them in conversation with other intellectuals who also see themselves as defenders of capitalism and individual liberty. United by the view that there is something importantly right—though perhaps also much wrong—in Rand’s political philosophy, contributors reflect on her views with the hope of furthering our understandings of what sort of society is best and why. The volume provides a robust elaboration and defense of the foundation of Rand’s political philosophy in the principle that force paralyzes and negates the functioning of reason; it offers an in-depth scholarly discussion of Rand’s view on the nature of individual rights and the role of government in defending them; it deals extensively with the similarities and differences between Rand’s thought and the libertarian tradition (to which she is often assimilated) and objections to her positions arising from this tradition; it explores Rand’s relation to the classical liberal tradition, specifically with regard to her defense of freedom of the intellect; and it discusses her views on the free market, with special attention to the relation between these views and those of the Austrian school of economics.
Author | : Michael Novak |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780739101445 |
Confronting the challenges of freedom that has pervaded the world at the turn of the millennium has been for many different reasons, a struggle for people across the world. This reader offers thoughts and insights on freedom's challenge.
Author | : Richard Stallman |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1882114981 |
Essay Collection covering the point where software, law and social justice meet.
Author | : Deborah G. Johnson |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 853 |
Release | : 2008-10-17 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0262303388 |
An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.
Author | : Lester Russell Brown |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Economic policy |
ISBN | : 9780393300277 |
Brown argues that, as with the ancient Mayans, escalating world food demands are leading to topsoil losses that are eroding the foundation of present civilization. Deforestation, overgrazing and overfishing are shrinking the economy's resource base, leading to the biological equivalent of deficit financing. Unremitting inflation indicates that the transition to a sustainable society is behind schedule. Yet Brown finds reason for hope, China has recently halved its population growth rate and U.S. oil imports were cut by a third in two years. There are exciting signs of a shift to renewable energy, endowing the economy with permanence. Unlike the Mayans, today's societies know the course corrections needed to put it on a sustainable path.
Author | : Robert Corfe |
Publisher | : Arena books |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780955605529 |
This volume presents the new realities in the spheres of social life, as an introduction to the author's forthcoming three-volume work on Social Capitalism, which concentrates on the shattering economic and political changes in the contemporary world.
Author | : Mustafa Acar |
Publisher | : London Publishing Partnership |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0255367295 |
Islam is growing rapidly both in its traditional homelands and in the West. Some in the West view Islam with a mixture of fear and suspicion. However, it is also fair to say that there is widespread ignorance about Islam, and especially about its relationship to political systems and the economy. Is Islam compatible with a free society and a free economy? Is the fact that many Muslim-majority states do not have free economies or polities a result of an incompatibility between Islam and political and economic freedom, or does it result from an unfortunate series of historical events? What role has past colonialism played in encouraging Muslim extremism? Exactly what does Islam have to say about freedom in economic, political and religious life? This book, written by a range of Islamic scholars, sheds a great deal of light on these crucial questions. It is an important book for those in the West who need to understand Islam better. It is also important for those in Muslim countries who can influence the development of political systems and economic policy. The publication of this book could not be more timely.