On Ordered Liberty - A Treatise on the Free Society

On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law sources, author Samuel Gregg suggests that integral law must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. This requires, he believes, a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas as incompatable with human nature and further analysis of the basic but often neglected-question: what is man?

List of contents

Chapter 1 The Case for Liberty Chapter 2 Contra Ratio: John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 The Drama of Human Freedom Chapter 4 Law and Liberty Chapter 5 Whither the State? Chapter 6 Little Platoons Chapter 7 Reflections of a "Catholic Whig"

About the author

By Samuel Gregg

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Gregg, Gregg Samuel
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2003
• EAN: 9780739106686
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0668-6
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 225 g
• Series: Religion, Politics, and Society in the New Millennium
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, Religion & beliefs, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Religion and beliefs