Name: The Foundations of Morality (Large Print Edition)
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Author: Henry Hazlitt
ISBN: 9781480011816

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The Foundations of Morality (Large Print Edition)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Henry Hazlitt

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

28x21.6x2.2 cm

Weight

0.96 kg.

ISBN13

9781480011816

Synopsis "The Foundations of Morality (Large Print Edition)"

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com Here is Hazlitt's major philosophical work, in which he grounds a policy of private property and free markets in an ethic of classical utilitarianism, understood in the way Mises understood that term. In writing this book, Hazlitt is reviving an 18th and 19th century tradition in which economists wrote not only about strictly economic issues but also on the relationship between economics and the good of society in general. Adam Smith wrote a moral treatise because he knew that many objections to markets are rooted in these concerns. Hazlitt takes up the cause too, and with spectacular results.Hazlitt favors an ethic that seeks the long run general happiness and flourishing of all. Action, institutions, rules, principles, customs, ideals, and all the rest stand or fall according to the test of whether they permit people to live together peaceably to their mutual advantage. Critical here is an understanding of the core classical liberal claim that the interests of the individual and that of society in general are not antagonistic but wholly compatible and co-determinous.In pushing for "rules-utilitarianism," Hazlitt is aware that he is adopting an ethic that is largely rejected in our time, even by the bulk of the liberal tradition. But he makes the strongest case possible, and you will certainly be challenged at every turn.

Henry Hazlitt

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Henry Hazlitt fue un economista, periodista y filósofo liberal nacido el 28 de noviembre de 1894 en Filadelfia, Estados Unidos, y fallecido el 9 de julio de 1993 en Nueva York. Es reconocido como uno de los principales defensores del libre mercado y de las ideas de la Escuela Austriaca de economía durante el siglo XX. Aunque no tuvo formación universitaria completa, desarrolló una sólida carrera intelectual gracias a su estudio autodidacta y su experiencia en el periodismo económico.

Hazlitt trabajó como editor y columnista en importantes medios como The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times y Newsweek, donde explicó temas económicos de manera clara para el público general. Su obra más famosa es Economics in One Lesson, publicada en 1946, en la que argumenta que las políticas económicas deben analizarse considerando sus efectos a largo plazo sobre toda la sociedad y no solo sobre grupos específicos.

Además, defendió la libertad individual, el comercio libre y criticó la intervención excesiva del Estado en la economía. Sus ideas influyeron en economistas y pensadores liberales de distintas generaciones. Hoy es considerado una figura clave en la divulgación de la economía clásica y liberal.

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