tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post6440017324395375681..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Classical Liberal Reading GroupMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-75271534183949015682011-09-23T03:32:07.392-04:002011-09-23T03:32:07.392-04:00Neglected by CL's is the work on political obl...Neglected by CL's is the work on political obligation and Locke by A. John Simmons. Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty is not very good.<br /><br />Contemporary "progressive" work I recommend is Christiano's The Rule of the Many and his Constitution of Equality. <br /><br />I always find wisdom in Jeremy Waldron, even though I usually disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-81553873518182494492011-09-20T14:39:48.050-04:002011-09-20T14:39:48.050-04:00Progressive historians: Lawrence Goodwyn (The Popu...Progressive historians: Lawrence Goodwyn (The Populist Persuasion), Rick Perlstein (Nixonland), Nelson Lichtenstein (Walter Reuther book), Steve Fraser (Every Man A Speculator).MaxSpeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594964334301228571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-84625804000592906222011-09-20T14:32:35.680-04:002011-09-20T14:32:35.680-04:00For historical classical liberal, don't forget...For historical classical liberal, don't forget Faustino Ballve's Essentials of Economics. Very readable, very important book.Talnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-84477620010479001002011-09-20T10:18:28.530-04:002011-09-20T10:18:28.530-04:00Teddy Rooseveldt's autobiography has some real...Teddy Rooseveldt's autobiography has some really good explanations of progressive values set in a context of noblesse oblige / "traditional moral values".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-9625797677366045362011-09-20T09:23:30.098-04:002011-09-20T09:23:30.098-04:00The list would be worthless if you didn't incl...The list would be worthless if you didn't include Milton Friedman in there somewhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-84958725033192041962011-09-20T07:12:36.145-04:002011-09-20T07:12:36.145-04:00the moral sciences club as per Will Wilkinson:
h...the moral sciences club as per Will Wilkinson:<br /><br /> http://bigthink.com/ideas/40153<br /><br />good start<br /><br />kbkbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-22009862412307221212011-09-19T19:00:59.634-04:002011-09-19T19:00:59.634-04:00I would echo Reflections on the Revolution in Fran...I would echo Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke.<br /><br />Also, stressing readability, Hazzlit's Econ in One Lesson and Bastiat's The Law (or anything by Bastiat really).<br /><br />capitalism and freedom by friedman is a readable and informative more modern work.akonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107629849663203715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-18197333103323783382011-09-19T15:11:49.682-04:002011-09-19T15:11:49.682-04:00Historical:
On Liberty by J.S. Mill
Reflections on...Historical:<br />On Liberty by J.S. Mill<br />Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke<br />Second Treatise on Government by John Locke<br /><br />Contemporary:<br />The Constitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek<br />Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick<br />A Conflict of Visions by Thomas SowellRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18341935691462262579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-65644464244490731112011-09-19T11:09:27.290-04:002011-09-19T11:09:27.290-04:00Contemporary:
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Act...Contemporary:<br />Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell<br />Actual Ethics by James Otteson<br />Fatal Conceit by F.A. Hayek<br /><br />Historical:<br />Common Sense by Thomas Paine<br />The Declaration of Independence <br />Thomas Jefferson: A Life by Willard Randall or a similar biography of one of the FoundersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-34604635975540445462011-09-19T10:02:39.760-04:002011-09-19T10:02:39.760-04:00Classical Liberal Authors in contemporary politica...Classical Liberal Authors in contemporary political theory:<br /><br />Loren Lomasky, Persons, Rights and the Moral Community<br /><br />David Schmidtz, The Elements of Justice<br /><br />Gerald Gaus, The Order of Public Reason<br /><br />John Tomasi, Free-Market Fairness<br /><br />Older Stuff:<br /><br />Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia<br /><br />Murray Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty<br /><br />F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty or, better, Law, Legislation and Liberty Vols. I-III<br /><br />Contemporary Progressive Political Theory:<br /><br />Philip Van Parijs, Real Freedom for All, What (if anything) can Justify Capitalism<br /><br />David Miller, Principles of Social Justice<br /><br />Ronald Dworkin, Sovereign Virtue<br /><br />Amartya Sen, Inequality Reexamined<br /><br />Thomas Pogge, World Poverty and Human Rights<br /><br />Thomas Nagel and Liam Murphy, The Myth of Ownership (not good)<br /><br />Great Progressive/Classical Liberal Debate Book on the Welfare State:<br /><br />David Schmidtz and Robert Goodin, Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility<br /><br />Older Progressive Stuff:<br /><br />John Rawls, A Theory of Justice<br />John Rawls, Political Liberalism<br /><br />Much Older Progressive Stuff:<br /><br />L.T. Hobhouse, Liberalism<br />John Dewey, Liberalism and Social ActionKevinhttp://www.kevinvallier.comnoreply@blogger.com