Initiative - Human Agency and Society

In a fresh look at the age-old question of nature's laws versus individual choice, Machan offers an insightful discussion of human initiative as a basic feature of our personal and community lives--and its implications for personal relations, politics, criminal law, social work, and public policy.

About the author

Tibor R. Machan is a Hoover research fellow, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama, and holds the R. C. Hoiles Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University.

Summary

In a fresh look at the age-old question of nature's law versus individual choice, Machan offers an insightful discussion of human initiative as a basic feature of our personal and community lives - and its implications for personal relations, politics, criminal law, social work, and public policy.

Product details

• Authors: Tibor R Machan, Tibor R. Machan
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780817997625
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-9762-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Hoover Institution Press Publi; Hoover Institution Press Publi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works