1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism

Edited By Jason Brennan, Bas van der Vossen, David Schmidtz Copyright 2018
    488 Pages
    by Routledge

    486 Pages
    by Routledge

    Libertarians often bill their theory as an alternative to both the traditional Left and Right. The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism helps readers fully examine this alternative without preaching it to them, exploring the contours of libertarian (sometimes also called classical liberal) thinking on justice, institutions, interpersonal ethics, government, and political economy. The 31 chapters--all written specifically for this volume--are organized into five parts. Part I asks, what should libertarianism learn from other theories of justice, and what should defenders of other theories of justice learn from libertarianism? Part II asks, what are some of the deepest problems facing libertarian theories? Part III asks, what is the right way to think about property rights and the market? Part IV asks, how should we think about the state? Finally, part V asks, how well (or badly) can libertarianism deal with some of the major policy challenges of our day, such as immigration, trade, religion in politics, and paternalism in a free market. Among the Handbook's chapters are those from critics who write about what they believe libertarians get right as well as others from leading libertarian theorists who identify what they think libertarians get wrong. As a whole, the Handbook provides a comprehensive, clear-eyed look at what libertarianism has been and could be, and why it matters.



    TABLE OF CONTENTS





    Acknowledgements



    Introduction





    Libertarianism in conversation with other theories







    1. Learning from libertarianism: thanks from an unrepentant social democrat




    2. Richard W. Miller





    3. Libertarianism without Locke




    4. Jacob Levy





    5. Hayekian Classical Liberalism




    6. Gerald Gaus





    7. Democracy and equality versus libertarianism and classical liberalism




    8. Richard Arneson





    9. Kant’s Liberalism




    10. Chris W. Suprenant





    11. What’s Wrong with Libertarianism? The Meritocratic Diagnosis




    12. Thomas Mulligan





    13. Liberal Libertarians: Why Libertarianism is a Liberal View




    14. Peter J. Boettke and Rosolino A. Candela





    15. Liberal and Illiberal Libertarianism




    16. Samuel Freeman





      Questioning libertarian principles





    17. Feminism and the Libertarian Self-Ownership Thesis




    18. Ann Cudd





    19. Self-love, justice, and cooperation




    20. Eric Mack





    21. Exception Rights




    22. Nicolás Maloberti





    23. The Sufficiency Proviso: A Case for Moderate Libertarianism




    24. Fabian Wendt





    25. Liberty: A PPE Approach




    26. Jason Brennan





    27. The Myths of the Self-Ownership Thesis




    28. Jason Brennan and Bas van der Vossen





    29. Social Contractarianism




    30. John Thrasher





       



      The role of property and the market:





    31. What can be for sale?




    32. Peter Martin Jaworski





    33. Property Rights: Natural, Conventional, or Hybrid?




    34. Anna Stilz





    35. Is Wealth Redistribution a R

    Biography

    Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Chair of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, where he teaches courses in the intersection of politics, philosophy, and economics. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Against Democracy (2016), Markets without Limits, with Peter Jaworski (2015), and Why Not Capitalism? (2014).



    Bas van der Vossen is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Smith Institute of Political Economy and Philosophy, Chapman University. He is the author, together with Fernando Tesón, of Debating Humanitarian Intervention (2017).



    David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy at the College of Social & Behavior Sciences and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic at the College of Management, the University of Arizona. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 14 book publications.

    "This is the best contemporary anthology introducing the reader to the basics of libertarianism."

    --Tyler Cowen, George Mason University

    "What a cornucopia! Handbooks are, of course, designed to be useful, but this one is also great fun as friends and critics insightfully converse across the range of libertarian issues. I shall keep my copy close at hand."

    --Loren Lomasky, University of Virginia

    "The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism is a distinctive and distinctively valuable contribution to the literature. Those of us who work in political philosophy are indebted to the editors for assembling such an extraordinarily accomplished group of authors to write on the most important and pressing issues within and related to libertarianism."

    --Christopher Heath Wellman, Washington University