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The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek
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The Constitution of Liberty

by F. A. Hayek

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This is not the strongest of Hayek's works. While he retains his characteristically accessible style (especially in the two chapters dealing with the history of constitutionalism and the Rechtsstaat), the arguments put forth in The Constitution of Liberty are dependent upon weak, and I would contend easily disputed, empirical claims. This is due in large part to the utilitarian nature of his arguments, which make his conclusions contingent rather than principled. Ultimately, what he ends up with is a poor argument for a liberty which is too weakly grounded to serve the purposes he desires it for in the first place.

Strangers to Hayek would do better to begin with The Road to Serfdom or his Law, Legislation, and Liberty series. ( )
2 vote philosojerk | Feb 11, 2008 |
Liberty for the rich.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0226320847, Paperback)

"One of the great political works of our time, . . . the twentieth-century successor to John Stuart Mill's essay, 'On Liberty.'"—Henry Hazlitt, Newsweek

"A reflective, often biting, commentary on the nature of our society and its dominant thought by one who is passionately opposed to the coercion of human beings by the arbitrary will of others, who puts liberty above welfare and is sanguine that greater welfare will thereby ensue."—Sidney Hook, New York Times Book Review

In this classic work Hayek restates the ideals of freedom that he believes have guided, and must continue to guide, the growth of Western civilization. Hayek's book, first published in 1960, urges us to clarify our beliefs in today's struggle of political ideologies.

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