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New Book on Objectivism
Posted by Stephen Boydstun on 7/31, 5:57am
Then Athena Said
 Unilateral Transfers and the Transformation of Objectivist Ethics

Kathleen Touchstone

University Press of America, 2006
 
Contents
1. The Basis for Objectivist Ethics
2. Reproductivity
3. Forced Unilateral Transfers and Retaliation in a State of Nature
4. Decision-Making on a Desert Island
5. Decision-Making with Two Players
6. The Primary Social Unit (PSU)
7. Rights: Positive and Negative
8. Ownership
9. Intellectual Property: Unilateral Transfers
10. The Social Contract
11. Value
12. Productivity and Destiny
13. Replacement Capital
14. The Consumption-Saving Decision
15. Ethical Decision-Making
16. Charity
17. Favors, Forgiveness, and Emotions

Review
"This is an invaluable book, making some genuinely original contributions to social philosophy, especially, Touchstone's argument that within the Objectivist framework other people ought to occupy a more significant position than Rand's work makes evident is novel and suggestive of important developments. The work should be of interest to both students and critics of Rand's thought as well as anyone who sees promise in a classical liberal, libertarian social and political philosophy."—Tibor Machan
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