Frihed mellem fornuft og skepsis

Liberty - between reason and skepticism

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The paper sketches an argument for a classical liberal view of the "natural rights" of life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness, albeit one based in a semi-"rule-utilitarian" approach, where the defense is based in a "hypothetical imperative" and circumscribed by what social science can tell us that we know and what we cannot know.

Keywords: Freedom; liberty; natural rights; classical liberalism; libertarianism; utilitarianism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 D71 P1 P14 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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