Liberty : God's gift to humanity
"Liberty: God's Gift to Humanity is a defense of liberalism, the political philosophy which holds that governments should be established for the protection of individual liberty. Since the seventeenth century the bond between liberalism and religion has been strong. Where and when that bond has been severed, liberalism has withered and religion has become tyrannical. Although libertarians, free market economists, and the Christian right often disagree about the nature of man and the nature of the universe, this work provides a philosophically and historically coherent account of their shared commitment to limited government and individual liberty."--Jacket
285 pages ; 24 cm
9780739110751, 9780739114421, 0739110756, 0739114425
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The birth of a principle : all God's people are become prophets
On Hobbes and the new science of government
John Locke : absolute liberty, just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty
Hobbes, Locke, and the critics
Eighteenth century : men and not angels
Adam Smith and the new science of freedom : Smith's methodology
Individual liberty meets free market capitalism
The nineteenth century : individualism unbound
The twentieth century
And beyond