Books written by Tibor R. Machan

Putting Humans First: Why We are Nature's Favorite

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Morality and Social Justice: Point/counterpoint

These original essays by seven leading contemporary political philosophers spanning the political spectrum explore the possibility of achieving agreement in political theory.
A Primer on Business Ethics

The most prominent is, of course, John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cam— bridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971). One main problem in Rawls's dee fense of “justice as fairness” is that Rawls believes that no one can deserve ...
Education in a Free Society

In On Liberty John Stuart Mill wrote that " A general State education is a mere contrivance for molding people to be ... a government ought to mold children into good citizens , using its own discretion in settling what a good citizen ...
Libertarianism Defended

In this book Tibor R. Machan analyses the state of the debate on libertarianism post Nozick.
Libertarianism: For and Against

Libertarianism: For and Against offers dueling perspectives on the scope of legitimate government.
Classical Individualism: The Supreme Importance of Each Human Being

This book does not reject the social nature of human beings, but finds that every one has a self-directed agent who is responsible for what he or she does.
Liberty and Democracy

It follows that democracy by default is not the moral wasteland it may at first blush have seemed to be. ... is not prima facie undesirable.9 Some individuals will entirely fulfill their need for moral affirmation in private, ...
Liberty and Research and Development: Science Funding in a Free Society

The contributors to this volume explore the implications of government funding of scientific research and offer alternatives to the heavy reliance on government support that research and development (R&D) currently enjoys.
The Business of Commerce: Examining an Honorable Profession

age, civility, though prudence would naturally be the dominant virtue in their role as business executives. In the context of commerce, prudence is referred to as "profit making" 1 and is the only virtue that Milton Friedman, ...
The Libertarian Alternative: Essays in Social and Political Philosophy

The Libertarian Alternative: Essays in Social and Political Philosophy
A Primer on Business Ethics

his / hers a nonconsequentialist moral theory . For Kant , consequences are ir- relevant to the question ... Now , suppose that we try to universalize this kind of act- ing and thinking . Put in another and more familiar way : What if ...
Liberty and Hard Cases

It is obvious that the inability to get homeowners ' insurance when purchasing a home would wreak havoc with real estate markets , so something had to be done . As is usually the case when government intervention disrupts the market for ...
Private Rights and Public Illusions

A serious confusion exists over government's proper role in society.
Private Rights and Public Illusions

Private Rights, Public Illusions combines empirical with philosophical analysis and argument. Its radical critique of government intervention will be of interest to policymakers, philosophers, and political scientists, and theorists.
Objectivity: Recovering Determinate Reality in Philosophy, Science, and Everyday Life

Such figures as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida unambiguously deny that human beings are capable of knowing the world as it is. This book considers and responds to these and similar challenges to objectivity.
Business Ethics in the Global Market

The essays in this book identify universal principles of business ethics and spell out minimal legal and ethical absolutes in foreign trade.
Liberty and Equality

This book takes an unflinching look at the difficult, often emotional issues that arise when egalitarianism collies with individual liberties, ultimately showing why the kind of egalitarianism preached by socialists and other ...
The Passion for Liberty

The author defends a libertarian conception of a free society, one in which negative rights - rights not to be interfered with in peaceful pursuits - are identified and protected.
Libertarianism Defended

In this book Tibor R. Machan analyses the state of the debate on libertarianism post Nozick.