On Ordered Liberty: A Treatise on the Free Society

by Samuel Gregg

Book Overview

On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law sources, author Samuel Gregg suggests that integral law must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. This requires, he believes, a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas as incompatable with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739106686
• ISBN13: 9780739106686
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"