Ethics as Unknowledge

David Reisman

Chapter 12 in James Buchanan, 2015, pp 172-180 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is easy to regard Buchanan as a moral nihilist who finds no place in his system for normative absolutes and fundamental obligations, who has as little time for God as he does for philosopher-rulers, who assigns footnote importance to evolution and none at all to natural rights. Such an interpretation is tempting but it is false. Buchanan has the temperament of an Old Testament prophet crying in the wilderness that without a solid moral code the social edifice is doomed to damnation.

Keywords: Fellow Citizen; Normative Absolute; Median Citizen; Kenneth Arrow; School Milk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137427182_12

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