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Classical Individualism: The Supreme Importance of Each Human Being
Contributor(s): Machan, Tibor R. (Author)
ISBN: 0415757185     ISBN-13: 9780415757188
Publisher: Routledge
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism
- Philosophy | Political
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 302.54
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Physical Information: 264 pages
 
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In Classical Individualism, Tibor R. Machan argues that individualism is far from being dead. Machan identifies, develops and defends what he calls classical individualism - an individualism humanised by classical philosophy, rooted in Aristotle rather than Hobbes.
This book does not reject the social nature of human beings, but finds that every one has a self-directed agent who is responsible for what he or she does. Machan rejects all types of collectivism, including communitarianism, ethnic solidarity, racial unity, and gender identity. The ideas expressed here have important social and political implications, and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the notion of individuality and individual responsibility.