Assembles newspaper articles, editorials, and records about the debates in Pennsylvania's ratifying convention. In addition to speeches and essays by both... Læs mere
First made available in English over three centuries ago, this book comes from an author... Læs mere
Henry Veatch's presentation of virtue ethics. This modern interpretation of Aristotelian ethics is a natural for undergraduate philosophy courses. It is also an engaging work for the expert and the beginner alike, offering a middle ground between existential and analytic ethics.
When he fled Austria in 1934, Ludwig von Mises left behind a wealth of writings that, he supposed, were lost forever. Seized by the Nazi Gestapo,... Læs mere
Henry Home, Lord Kames, was the complete 'Enlightenment man', concerned with the full spectrum of human knowledge and its social use. First published in 1760, this title - in his jurisprudence - explains the distinction between the nature of equity and common law.
Hutcheson's "Institutio" was written as a textbook for university students and it therefore covers a curriculum... Læs mere
Says that our reliance on public debt has amassed a sort of orthodoxy that is commonly - and needlessly - assumed by taxpayers, by politicians, and by economists themselves.
Sketches out a methodological and analytical framework for the establishment of rules. This book points out that the consideration of rules has its roots in classical economics and has been hinted at in the work of some contemporary economists.
An analysis of modern political arrangements that views the state as acting in its own interest contrary to the interests of individuals and even of an entire society.
Lord Acton was among the most illustrious historians of 19th-century England, a man of great learning with a deep devotion to individual liberty and a profound understanding of history. This volume offers a collection of Acton essays.