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- Title
Do Knowledge, Ethics, and Liberty Require Free Will?
- Authors
Dwyer, William
- Abstract
William Dwyer reviews Initiative: Human Agency and Society, in which Tibor Machan argues that free will is a prerequisite for knowledge, ethics, and political liberty. Machan criticizes Hayek, Stigler, and "public choice" economics for their economic determinism and for discounting the importance of abstract ideas. Despite making a good case against environmental and economic determinism, Machan fails adequately to defend his central thesis that free will exists and that it is required for normative values.
- Subjects
INITIATIVE: Human Agency &; Society (Book); MACHAN, Tibor; POLITICAL ethics; NONFICTION
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2001, Vol 3, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Book Review