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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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Is the state a necessity, a convenience, or neither? It enforces collective choices in which some override the preferences and dispose of the resources of others. Moreover, collective choice serves as its own source of authority and preempts the space it wishes to occupy. The morality and efficacy of the result are perennial questions central to political philosophy. In Against Politics Jasay... Read more
Introduction Part I Excuses 1 Self-contradictory contractarianism 2 Is limited government possible? 3 Frogs’ legs, shared ends, and the rationality of politics 4 Values and the social order 5 The twistable is not testable: reflexions on the political thought of Karl Popper 6 Hayek: some missing pieces 7 The rule of forces, the force of rules Part II Emergent solutions 8 Before resorting to politics 9 Conventions: some thoughts on the economics of ordered anarchy 10 The glass is half-full 11 Liberties, rights, and the standing of groups
Biography
Anthony de Jasay is also the author of Choice, Contract, Consent (1991), Social Contract, Free Ride (1989), and The State (1985).
'De Jasay - economist, one-time businessman, and political philosopher - has argued in a series of powerful books (notably The State and the just-published Against Politics that democracies are vulnerable to majoritarian tyranny in which the majority redistributes to itself through the state the possessions of the rest.' - Patrick Mitford, Daily Telegraph
