Liberty, Games and Contracts

Jan Narveson and the Defence of Libertarianism

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Autor(en)		Verlag	Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Herausgeber	Malcolm Murray
Sachgebiet(e)	Radikalliberalismus, English Books	ISBN	9780754656814
2007, 288 Seiten, Festeinband/Hardcover

Jan Narveson is one of the most significant contemporary defenders of the libertarian political position. Unlike other libertarians who typically defend their view with reference to natural rights or an appeal to utilitarianism, Narveson's main contribution has been to offer a philosophical defence of libertarianism based on a Hobbesian individualist contractarian ethic.

Critiques of Narveson's contractarian libertarianism fall into three categories, those that reject contractarian moral theory, those that reject any link between contractarianism and libertarianism and those that accuse libertarians of conflating liberty with property. In this book Malcolm Murray brings together the most significant of Narveson's critics and presents their work alongside replies by Jan Narveson.

Contents: Biographical note on Jan Narveson; Introduction, Malcolm Murray. Part I Contractarianism: Some remarks on the foundations of libertarianism, E.J. Bond; Contracting justice, John T. Sanders; Is agreement enough?, Tibor R. Machan; Does scepticism beget libertarianism? A response to Narveson on reason, morality and politics, Leo Groarke; Contractarian education, Chris Tucker. Part II From Contractarianism to Libertarianism: The value of values: the importance of autonomy in contractarian reasoning, Susan Dimock; Simple games and complex ethics, Peter Danielson; Why contractarians are not libertarians ... evolutionarily speaking, Malcolm Murray; Getting the baseline right, Paul Viminitz. Part III Property and Liberty: Liberty, property and the libertarian idea, Ann Levey; Who owns me: me or my mother? How to escape Okin's problem for Nozick's and Narveson's theory of entitlement, Duncan MacIntosh; On original appropriation, Peter Vallentyne; Morality as an evolutionarily stable strategy: a naturalistic account of libertarianism, Grant A. Brown; Reconciling radicals: market contractarianism and fundamentalist utilitarianism, Sheldon Wein. Part IV Response: Social contract, game theory and liberty: responding to my critics, Jan Narveson. Bibliography; Index.

Reviews: 'Jan Narveson’s libertarian contractarianism is one of the most distinctive and important positions in contemporary moral and political philosophy. The contributions to this long overdue and exceptionally well-organized collection are uniformly excellent; each being a contribution to the literature in its own right and together constituting a volume that stands as a landmark work in the current debates that concern the issues addressed. Liberty, Games, and Contracts is not only a celebration of Narveson’s work; it shows clearly why it should be celebrated – and it is also clear why it in its turn should be celebrated too. This volume must be read by anyone interested in contemporary moral and political philosophy. '
James Stacey Taylor, The College of New Jersey, USA

‘Students of libertarian ideas and of moral philosophy should find useful many of the essays contained herein…Recommended.’
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Source: Ashgate Publishing