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On 2002-12-13, Don Cox opined, quoting me:
> >> But it's great for books and you can find out which libraries contain
> >> _The Metaphysics of Liberty_ (Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic,
> >> 1989), by me, for example.
>
> Is it worth reading ? ;-)
If your interests are in political philosophy, I'd hope so, though the
book only sold 300 copies, mostly to academic libraries, worldwide, at a
very high price. I can send you an electronic copy at once, if you, or
anyone else, is curious. About 600KB. The book failed, perhaps, because it
is too multi-disciplinary. It discussed, inter alia, the size distribution
of galaxies in the universe and why the brains of primates are too big.
To whet your appetite, perhaps, here are the books subchapter titles:
Chapter titles of Frank Forman, _The Metaphysics of Liberty_ (Dordrecht,
Holland: Kluwer Academic, 1989)
Preface...vii
Chapter 1: James McGill Buchanan and Individualism...1
1.1 The Work of Buchanan
1.2 Buchanan's Individualism
1.3 A First Move away from Strict Methodological Individualism
1.4 New Contractarian Man
1.5 The Methodological Meaning of the Unaminity Rule
1.6 Additional Requirements for New Contractarian Man
1.7 Potential Abuses of the Unanimity Criterion
1.8 Duties to Obey the Laws?
1.9 Contractarianism and Natural Rights
1.10 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Collectivism...31
2.1 Unger's Characterization of Individualism
2.2 Buchanan's Implicit Agreement with Unger
2.3 Unger's Criticisms of the Individualist World View
2.4 The Factual Basis for the Separation of Theory and Fact
2.4 Unger on the Separation of Reason and Desire in Individualism
2.6 Response to Unger
2.7 Unger on he Separation of Public Rules and Private Values
2.8 Response to Unger
2.9 Unger's Evolutionism
2.10 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Mario Augusto Bunge and Systemism...55
3.1 The Aim of Bunge's Philosophy
3.2 Bunge's Furniture
3.3 Bunge's Systemism
3.4 Bunge on Mind
3.5 Bunge's Systemic Conception of Society
3.6 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Friedrich August von Hayek and the Mirage of Social Justice...83
4.1 Hayek's Own Argument against Social Justice
4.2 The Metaphysical Issues in Hayek's Argument
4.3 Progressive Taxation not Necessarily a Mirage
4.4 Multi-Generational Social Contracts
4.5 Elitism
Chapter 5: Ayn Rand and Natural Rights...101
5.1 Similarities and Differences with Contractarianism
5.2 The Arguments for Natural Rights
5.3 The Advantages of Contractarianism over Natural Rights
5.4 Value and Fact Again
Chapter 6: Raymond Bernard Cattell and Evolutionary Federalism...113
6.1 The Self of Self-Interest
6.2 Teleology
6.3 Cattell's Morality from Science
6.4 Criticisms of Cattell
6.5 The Ontology of Federalism
6.6 Problems for Contractarianism in the Composition of Countries
6.7 Evolutionary Morality
6.8 Conclusion
Endnotes...143
Appendices:
No. 1: Egalitarianism as a Morality Racket...161
No. 2: Review of Robert H. Frank, _Choosing the Right Pond_...165
No. 3: Review of David Gauthier, _Morals by Agreement_...171
No. 4: Contracting for Natural Rights...181
Bibliography...187
About the Author...194
Name Index...195
Glossary (definitions of Pareto Optimality and Rent-seeking)...198
Subject Index...199
Man as a Part of Nature Subindex...202
Divine Subindex...202
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