1st Edition

Hayek and Natural Law

By Erik Angner Copyright 2007
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Providing a radical new reading of Hayek's life and work, this new book, by an important Hayekian scholar, dispels many of the mysteries surrounding one of the most prominent economists and political philosophers of the twentieth century. Angner argues that Hayek's work should be seen as continuous with the Natural Law tradition, going on to analyze the response to his work and explain why... Read more
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Hayek and the Distinguishing Idea of Natural Law. 3. Hayek's Natural Law Heritage. 4. Hayek on Information and Coordination. 5. Hayek on Cultural Evolution. 6. Hayek's Transformation. 7. Concluding Remarks. Bibliography

Biography

Erik Angner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He holds two seperate Ph. Ds from the University of Pittsburgh, one in Economics and one in History and Philosophy of Science and has published widely on a variety of topics in history, philosophy and methodology of economics.