
Classical Liberalism - A Primer
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Content
- Intro
- _GoBack
- 16
- The author
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- The purpose of this book
- Outline of the book
- 2 What is classical liberalism?
- Ten principles of classical liberalism
- 3 Classical liberalism: the family tree
- Early ancestors
- The rise of classical liberalism
- Success and reassessment
- The modern revival of classical liberalism
- The diversity of classical liberal ideas
- 4 Classical liberalism and freedom
- The arguments for freedom
- Positive and negative liberty
- Rights and freedoms
- Restraints on freedom
- 5 Classical liberal morality
- Coercion and toleration
- The arguments for toleration
- Toleration and the state
- 6 Classical liberal politics
- The origin and purpose of government
- The myth of social justice
- Public choice and private interests
- The legitimacy of government
- 7 Classical liberal society
- Spontaneous orders
- Justice and the rule of law
- The rationality of natural orders
- Civil society
- Spontaneous order and natural rights
- 8 Classical liberal economics
- The spontaneous order of the market
- The spontaneous 'miracle' of prices
- Markets without commands
- Rules and property
- The arguments for economic freedom
- The destabilising effects of government
- Trade and protectionism
- 9 Classical liberalism today
- Eclipse and revival
- The rebirth of classical liberalism
- The meaning of classical liberalism
- Classical liberal internationalism
- The classical liberal vision
- 10 Key classical liberal thinkers
- John Locke (1632-1704), English philosopher
- Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733), Anglo-Dutch satirist
- Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] (1694-1778), French writer
- Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), Scottish social theorist
- Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), American revolutionary leader
- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-50), French political theorist
- Richard Cobden (1804-1865), English manufacturer and politician
- John Stuart Mill (1806-73), English philosopher and reformer
- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), English anthropologist and philosopher
- Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992), Anglo-Austrian political scientist
- Ayn Rand (1905-82), Russian-American novelist and moralist
- Isaiah Berlin (1909-97), Latvian-British philosopher
- Milton Friedman (1912-2006), American economist
- James M. Buchanan (1919-2013), American economist
- Robert Nozick (1938-2002), American philosopher
- 11 Classical liberal quotations
- Magna Carta
- Natural rights
- Limited government
- Spontaneous order.
- .Benign guidance.
- .Versus planning and controls
- Justice and the rule of law
- Economic freedom
- Personal freedom
- Political freedom
- 12 Classical liberalism timeline
- 13 Further reading
- Introductions
- Overviews
- Classic texts
- Selected web links
- About the IEA
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