Liberty and Hard Cases

Liberty and Hard Cases explores whether government action is in fact indispensable in the face of natural calamities--earthquakes, floods, and the like--and what might be doen to restrain the expansion of the scope of governmental power if emergency circumstances warrant intervention.

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

Explores whether government action is in fact indispensable in the face of natural calamities - earthquakes, floods, and the like - and what might be done to restrain the expansion of the scope of governmental power if emergency circumstances warrant intervention.

Product details

• Authors: Tibor R Machan, Tibor R. Machan
• Assisted by: Tibor R. Machan (Editor)
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2002
• EAN: 9780817928025
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-2802-5
• No. of pages: 108
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Philosophic Reflections on a F; Philosophic Reflections on a F
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration