Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation of Languages; IV. History of Ancient Physics; V. Ancient Logic and Metaphysics; VI. The Imitative Arts; VII. Music, Dancing, Poetry; VIII. The External Senses; IX. English and Italian Verses, ed. Joseph Black and James Hutton (London: Alex. Murray & Son, 1869).
This edition contains an abridged biographical essay by Dugald Stewart, the Theory of Moral Sentiments, and seven “Essays on Philosophical Subjects.”
Jacob T. Levy, the Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, argues in his recent book, Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom (OUP 2014), that there is a deep and recurring tension within liberal theories of freedom, between on the one hand a family of views concerned with the risk of tyranny posed by the modern, centralized and centralizing, Weberian state, and on the other a family of views that see the graver threats to liberty as arising from customary, local, religious, traditional, and decentralized authority. He describes these views as “competing liberal social theories of power” and explores their deep origins within the classical liberal tradition which goes back several centuries. Levy believes that the tradition known as “ancient constitutionalism” has been unjustly neglected my modern classical liberals and he attempts to resurrect aspects of it to make modern classical liberal theory more robust. He is joined in this month’s discussion by Gary Chartier, Professor of Law and Business Ethics at La Sierra University in Riverside, California; Jeremy Jennings, Professor of Political Theory at King's College London; and Chandran Kukathas, the Chair in Political Theory at the London School of Economics. See the Archive of "Liberty Matters".
Commentary on Filangieri’s Work. Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Alan S. Kahan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2015).
The Commentary is Constant’s most extensive treatment of economic matters. It is a response to a multi-volume work by the Italian jurist Gaetano Filangiero, The Science of Legislation (1780-88). Constant defends limited government and a policy of laissez-faire.
"LIBERTY MATTERS" A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO LIBERTY JAMES BUCHANAN: AN ASSESSMENT (March, 2013) James M. Buchanan (1919-2013)
"LIBERTY MATTERS" A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO LIBERTY Introduction "Liberty Matters" is devoted to the discussion of ideas pertaining to liberty. We have asked leading scholars and invited guest commentators to reflect upon how some of the authors whose works are part of the Online Library of Liberty have defended individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace over the past 300 years. The OLL has many scholarly collections which can be drawn upon for this purpose. See below for details about our collections of the works of key figures and the founders of the American Republic. For a sampling of what some of the authors in the OLL collection have thought about important topics see our collection of quotations which have been organized thematically.
The latest "Liberty Matters" forum is online. The lead essay is by Roderick Long on “Gustave de Molinari’s Legacy for Liberty” [the centennial of his death was last year]. Long concludes that “for all his shortcomings, Molinari remains not only an interesting historical thinker, but also a vital lodestar for the liberty movement today.” There will be response essays shortly by Gary Chartier, “If Not Labor Exchanges, Then What?”; David D. Friedman, “Comment on Roderick T. Long on Gustave de Molinari”; David M. Hart, “Historical Reflections on Molinari’s Legacy”; Matt Zwolinski, “Two Cheers for Pessimism”. See the Archive of "Liberty Matters".
Subject Guide: Economics (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2016).
Author Guide: Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2015).
