{"product_id":"9781479893386","title":"The Ethics of Liberty","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action.  Murray N. Rothbard's classic \u003cb\u003eThe Ethics of Liberty\u003c\/b\u003e stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes Rothbard's book is the manner in which it roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. An economist by profession, Rothbard here proves himself equally at home with philosophy. And while his conclusions are radical—that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state—his applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ethics of Liberty\u003c\/b\u003e authoritatively established the anarcho-capitalist economic system as the most viable and the only principled option for a social order based on freedom.  This edition is newly indexed and includes a new introduction that takes special note of the Robert Nozick-Rothbard controversies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131200749808,"sku":"9781479893386","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479893386_p0.jpg?v=1763618686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479893386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}