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Libertarianism in History

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.181
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2014English
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This course explores the history of the ideal of personal freedom with an eye towards contemporary debates over the pros and cons of the regulatory state. The first part of the course surveys the sociological and theological sources of the concepts of freedom and civil society, and introduces liberty’s leading relatives or competitors: property, equality, community, and republicanism.

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