Aligning Values and Politics - Empowerment Versus Entitlement

Informationen zum Autor Michael Gendre, Nicolás Sánchez Klappentext This book argues that politics must align with the promotion of self-actualization. Combining private property rights with an ethics of responsibility and drawing from the ideas of Immanuel Kant, the book opens the doors to a nonpartisan analysis of income inequality, inheritance, race relations, abortion and governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Acknowledgments Preface,by Michael Gendre 1 Introduction: Empowering People Through Institutional Change 2 Manipulating People by Means of "Bread and Circuses;" Then and Now 3 The Philosophical Case for Limiting Government 4 Caring for Others Requires a Principle of Duty 5 Drawing the Line Between Self-Actualization and Our Duty to Others 6 Private Property Expands Our Opportunities 7 Imposing Restrictions on Inheritance 8 Using Property Rights to Better Understand Abortion and Adoption 9 The Market Is the Best Engine for Conflict Resolution 10 Discrimination As a Moral and Strategic Challenge 11 The Rise of Property Rights in Historical Context: Their Use and Misuse 12 Bringing Back Legitimacy to Government 13 Proposed Legal and Constitutional Changes 14 The Obstacles That We Still Face 15 The Road to Wealth Creation in a Society With Meaningful Lives 16 Imperialism as a Threat to American Governance 17 From Ancients to Moderns: Balancing Individual Rights and Duties to Others Afterword and Summary in the Form of an Open Letter,by Nicolás Sánchez Appendix A: Our Assumptions Appendix B: Our Understanding of Scholarship Appendix C: The Kantian Texts and Their Contexts About the Authors Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Michael Gendre, Michael Sanchez Gendre, Gendre Michael, Nicolas Sanchez, Nicolás Sánchez
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780761867234
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6723-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Rationalism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Empiricism, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment