The Commons - Its Tragedies and Other Follies

These contributions examine the tragedy of the commons and what is affected by the tragedy: What is the proper scope of the public realm? The main insight is that human individuality needs to be properly accommodated in a system of community life, in law, and in 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

Examines the tragedy of the commons and what is affected by the tragedy. What is the proper scope of the public realm? The main insight is that human individuality needs to be properly accommodated in a system of community life, in law, and in public policy.

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: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9780817999223
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-9922-3
• No. of pages: 126
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: Hoover Institution Press Publi; Hoover Institution Press Publi
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches