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"Do human rights truly possess the capacity to initiate their own conduct? How does this matter in politics and public policy? In this book, Tibor Machan takes a fresh look at the age-old question of the place of individual choice within nature's laws. He offers an insightful discussion of human initiative as a basic feature of our personal and community lives - examining whether we are warranted in taking it seriously and, if so, what we should do about it in regard to some of our basic institutions.". "Writing on a level that educated laypeople can understand - yet without oversimplifying the nuances and complexities of the issue - Machan reveals what's at stake, and why the free will hypothesis is indeed a strong one. If we cannot act on our own initiative, says the author, then our behavior occurs independent of any original influence by us, and we live neither an ethically good nor bad life, free of blame or praise. If, however, we possess the capacity to take the initiative and determine on our own some of what we do, then we are responsible and often culpable when we act. Consequently, ethics and law become bona fide concerns in our lives, and the implications are everywhere

Author

Tibor R. Machan

Publisher

Stanford, CA : Hoover Institution Press, 2000.

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817997625

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Philosophy