Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism?
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Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? is a philosophical work by Philippe Van Parijs that argues for a just society grounded in "real freedom" for every individual, notably defending an unconditional basic income within a broadly capitalist framework.
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Target entity: Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? Context triple: [Philippe Van Parijs, notableWork, Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism?]
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand and her associates that defends laissez-faire capitalism as the only moral social system based on individual rights and rational self-interest.
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How Capitalism Will Save Us
"How Capitalism Will Save Us" is a book by Steve Forbes that argues free-market capitalism is the most effective system for promoting prosperity, innovation, and individual freedom.
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Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists
"Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists" is an influential economic book that argues for the importance of well-regulated, inclusive financial markets in sustaining true capitalism and preventing capture by powerful interests.
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The Free Market and Its Enemy
"The Free Market and Its Enemy" is a libertarian economic treatise by Leonard Read that defends free-market principles against collectivist and interventionist ideologies.
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Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom is a landmark 1962 book by economist Milton Friedman that argues for the primacy of free-market capitalism as a foundation for individual liberty and limited government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? Target entity description: Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? is a philosophical work by Philippe Van Parijs that argues for a just society grounded in "real freedom" for every individual, notably defending an unconditional basic income within a broadly capitalist framework.
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A.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand and her associates that defends laissez-faire capitalism as the only moral social system based on individual rights and rational self-interest.
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B.
How Capitalism Will Save Us
"How Capitalism Will Save Us" is a book by Steve Forbes that argues free-market capitalism is the most effective system for promoting prosperity, innovation, and individual freedom.
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C.
Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists
"Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists" is an influential economic book that argues for the importance of well-regulated, inclusive financial markets in sustaining true capitalism and preventing capture by powerful interests.
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D.
The Free Market and Its Enemy
"The Free Market and Its Enemy" is a libertarian economic treatise by Leonard Read that defends free-market principles against collectivist and interventionist ideologies.
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E.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom is a landmark 1962 book by economist Milton Friedman that argues for the primacy of free-market capitalism as a foundation for individual liberty and limited government.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
normative economics
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political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | What, if anything, can justify capitalism? ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
just society grounded in real freedom for every individual
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maximization of the real freedom of the least advantaged ⓘ universal and unconditional basic income ⓘ |
| author | Philippe Van Parijs ⓘ |
| centralConcept | real freedom for all ⓘ |
| critiques |
conventional understandings of negative freedom
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traditional welfare-state arrangements ⓘ |
| defends |
redistribution to fund basic income
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taxation of rents from natural resources and inherited advantages ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
justice in the distribution of opportunities
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relationship between markets and freedom ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Rawls
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egalitarian theories of justice ⓘ libertarian theories of self-ownership ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
compatibility of capitalism with egalitarian justice
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distribution of external assets and opportunities ⓘ freedom as the effective capacity to do what one might want to do ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
basic income
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capitalism ⓘ freedom ⓘ justice ⓘ real freedom ⓘ |
| normativeFramework |
egalitarian liberalism
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real-libertarianism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on basic income debates
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integration of egalitarian and libertarian ideas ⓘ systematic philosophical defense of unconditional basic income ⓘ |
| opposes | pure laissez-faire capitalism without redistribution ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | defense of basic income within capitalism ⓘ |
| proposesPolicy | unconditional basic income ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
basic income guarantee
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freedom as opportunity ⓘ real-libertarianism ⓘ universal basic income ⓘ |
| supportsEconomicSystem | capitalism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
economists
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policy theorists ⓘ political philosophers ⓘ |
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