Center for the Philosophy of Freedom
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The Center's mission is to promote the understanding and appreciation of the ideals of freedom and responsibility along four dimensions: published research, undergraduate education, graduate education, and community outreach. |
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Books Authored
 Using a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, -- A Brief History of Liberty -- offers a... Read more 0 |
 The most widely accepted justification for political authority is that coercive institutions are necessary to provide for... Read more 0 |
Books Edited by Faculty at the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom
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Creating Wealth: Ethical and Economic Perspectives is a collection of classic and contemporary economic and philosophical... more 0 |
Research Papers
| Title | Author | Publication | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanly rational choice 1 (why we don't maximize) | Journal of Philosophy | 1992 | |
| Political Economy: Diminishing Marginal Utility | Person, Polis, Planet | 2008 | |
| Why Be Rational? | Rational Choice and Moral Agency | 1995 | |
| Political Economy: F. A. Hayek | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | 1999 | |
| Review of Serena Olsaretti's Liberty, Desert, and the Market | Philosophical Review | 1999 | |
| Steiner's Essay on Rights | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | 1996 | |
| 0n Justice (and equality) | Social Philosophy and Policy | 2002 | |
| 0n Justice (and guarantees) | Social Philosophy and Policy | 1997 | |
| Free Will As a Political Problem | from Brief History of Liberty | 2011 | |
| Islands In a Sea of Obligation | Law & Philosophy | 2000 | |
| Experimental Philosophy: Practice | Public Choice | 1989 | |
| 0n Property (when original appropriation solves a problem) | Social Philosophy and Policy | 1994 | |
| Experimental Philosophy: Theory | On the Reliability of Economic Models | 1995 | |
| Philosophical Logic (Parsons on the Liar Paradox) | Erkenntnis | 1990 | |
| Justifying the State | Ethics | 1990 | |
| When Preservationism Doesn’t Preserve | Environmental Values | 1997 | |
| Humanly rational choice 3 (why we care about others) | Social Philosophy and Policy | 1993 | |
| Humanly rational choice 2 (how we choose goals) | Ethics | 1994 | |
| Are All Species Equal? | Journal of Applied Philosophy | 2000 | |
| Natural Enemies | Environmental Ethics | 2000 | |
| The Meanings of Life | Robert Nozick | 2002 | |
| 0n Justice (and deserving) | Political Theory | 2002 | |
| 0n Property (when communal property solves a problem) | UC Davis Law Review | 2003 | |
| Humanly rational choice 4 (on the nature and limits of decision theory) | Midwest Studies in Philosophy | 2004 | |
| 0n Rawls and Nozick | Social Philosophy and Policy | 2005 |