Works by Tibor Machan

Last modified: April 25, 2000

Single Author Books:
 
Private Rights, Public Illusions (Transaction, 1995).
The Virtue of Liberty (Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: The Foundation for Economnic
  Education, 1994).
Liberalisme, Ethique et Valuers Morales (Paris, France: Institut Euro 92, 
1993).
Capitalism and Individualism: Reframing the Argument for the Free Society
  (London: Harvester Wheatsheaf Books, 1990; New York: St. Martin's Publ. 
Co. 1990).
Liberty and Culture: Essays on the Idea of a Free Society (Buffalo, NY: 
Prometheus
  Books, 1989).
Individuals and Their Rights (LaSalle, IL:  Open Court, 1989).
Marxism: A Bourgeois Critique (Bradford, UK: MCB University Press 
Limited, 1988).
The Moral Case for the Free Market Economy (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin 
Mellen Press,
  1989, rev. [English] version of Freedom Philosophy).
Freedom Philosophy (Stockholm, Sweden: AB Timbro, 1987).
Introduction to Philosophical Inquiries (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1977;  
Lanham, MD: 
  University Press of America, 1985).
Human Rights and Human Liberties (Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 1975).
The Pseudo-Science of B.F. Skinner (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1974).
 
Edited Books:
 
Libertyfor the 21st Century:New Essays on Libertarianism [w/D. B. 
Rasmussen] (Lanham,   
  MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995)
Commerce and Morality (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1988).
The Main Debate: Communism vs. Capitalism (New York: Random House, 1987).
Recent Work in Philosophy [w/K. G. Lucey] (Totowa, NJ: Rowman & 
Allanheld, 1983).
Rights and Regulation [with M. Bruce Johnson] (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 
1983).
The Libertarian Reader (Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1982).
The Libertarian Alternative (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1974)
 
Invited Essays/Chapters in Books Edited By Machan & Others:
 
"Capitalism and Freedom," in D. James, ed., Outside Looking In (NY: 
Harper & Row, 
  1972).
"On the Possibility of Objectivity and Moral Determinants in Scientific 
Change," in
  Karen D. Knorr, et al., eds., Determinants and Controls of Scientific 
Development
  (Boston, MA: D. Reidel, 1975).
"Naturalism, Values and the Social Sciences," in W. Leinfellner, et al., 
eds., 
  Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and Critical Rationalism 
(Kirchberg-an-Wechsel,
  Austria: Austrian Wittgenstein Congress, 1978).
"Reason, Morality, and the Free Society," in R. L. Cunningham, ed., 
Liberty and the
  Rule of Law (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1979).
"Human Rights," in S. J. Fodero, ed., The Academic American Encyclopedia
  (Baltimore, MD:  Arete, 1980).
"Human Rights, Political Change and Feudalism," in A. Rosenbaum, ed., 
Philosophies 
  of Human Rights (Greenwich, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981).
"The Petty Tyrannies of Government Regulation," in T. Machan and M. Bruce 
  Johnson, eds., Rights & Regulation (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1983), 
pp. 259-88.
"Should Business Be Regulated?" in Tom Regan, ed., Just Business (NY: 
Random 
  House, 1983).
"Pollution and Political Theory," in Tom Regan, ed., Earthbound (NY: Random
  House, 1984).
"Gewirth and the Supportive State," with D. Den Uyl in E. Regis, Jr., 
ed., Gewirth's
  Ethical Rationalism (Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1984).
"Socialism as Reactionism," in Kurt Leube and Albert Zlabinger, eds., The 
Political
  Economy of Freedom: Essays in Honor of  F. A. Hayek (Munchen, Germany:
  Philosophia Verlag, 1984), pp. 47-60.
"Property Rights and the Decent Society," in J. K. Roth and R. C. 
Whittemore, eds.,
  Ideology and American Experience (Washington, D.C.: Washington Institute
  Press, 1986), pp. 121-153.
"Rights and Myths at the Workplace," in Gertrude Ezorsky, ed., Moral 
Rights in the
  Workplace (Albany, NY:  SUNY Press, 1987), pp. 45-50
"The Classical Egoist Basis of Capitalism," in Tibor Machan, ed., The 
Main Debate
  (New York:  Random House, 1987), pp. 139-161.
"L'etica del mercato (The Ethics of the Market)," in E. Sogno, ed., I. 
Liberalismi
  Vincenti (Torino, Italy: Centro Studi Manlio Brosio, 1985).
"Ethics and Political Economy," in Tibor Machan, ed., Commerce and Morality
  (Totowa, NJ:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1988).
"Government Regulation," in Tibor Machan, ed., Commerce and Morality (Totowa,
  NJ:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1988).
"The Uses of Ethics," in Tibor Machan, ed., Commerce and Morality
  (Totowa, NJ:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1988).
"Ethics vs. Coercion: Morality or Just Values?" in Llewellyn H. Rockwell, 
Jr., et al.,
  ed., Man, Economy and Liberty (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 
1988).
"The Morality of Markets," in Thomas R. Dye, ed., The Political 
Legitimacy of
  Markets and Governments (New York: JAI Press, 1989).
"A Virtually Perfect Document: Rights & the U.S. Constitution," in C. B. 
Gray, ed.,
  Philosophical Reflections on the United States Constitution (Lewiston, NY:
  The Edwin Mellen Press, 1989).
"What We Should Teach the Eastern Europeans," in A World Without Walls
  (Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education, 1990)
"Rescuing Victims - From Social Theory," in D. Sank & D. I. Caplan, eds., 
To Be A 
  Victim (New York: Plenum Press, 1991)
"How to Understand Eastern European Developments," in Robert McGee, ed., The
  Market Solution to Economic Development in Eastern Europe (Lewiston, NY:
  The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992).
"Welfare State is Grossly Misnamed," in Robert McGee, ed., Converting to 
a Market
  Economy in Eastern Europe (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992)
"What We Should Teach the Eastern Europeans," in Robert McGee, ed., Recent
  Changes in the Economies of Eastern Europe (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen
  Press, 1992)
"The Nonexistence of Basic Welfare Rights," in James Sterba, ed., 
Justice: Alternative
  Political Perspectives (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1992)
"Teaching Business Ethics in an Academic Environment," in Robert W. 
McGee, ed., 
  Business Ethics and Common Sense (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1992)
"The Nonexistence of Basic Welfare Rights," in Steven Jay Gold, Moral 
Controversies: 
  Race, Class, and Gender in Applied Ethics (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth 
Publishing 
  Co., 1993)
"Do Animals Have Rights?" in William H. Shaw, ed., Social and Personal 
Ethics 
  (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1993). 
"Should All Persons Perform National Service?" in Mark Spangler, ed., 
Cliches of Political 
  Control (Irvington on Hudson, NY: The Foundation for Economic 
Education, 1994)
"Must the Government Guarantee a Job for Everyone?" in Mark Spangler, 
ed., Cliches of 
  Political Control (Irvington on Hudson, NY: The Foundation for Economic 
Education, 
  1994)
"To Solve Problems, do we Need Government Regulations? in Mark Spangler, 
ed., 
  Cliches of Political Control (Irvington on Hudson, NY: The Foundation 
for Economic    
  Education, 1994)
"Capitalism, Socialism and Ecology," in Hans Sennholz, ed., Man and 
Nature (Irvington 
  on Hudson, NY: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1994)
"Justice, Self and Natural Rights," in James Sterba, ed., Morality and 
Social Injustice: 
  Alternative Views (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1995)
"Capitalism," in J. J. Chambliss, ed., Philosophy of Education: An 
Encyclopedia (New 
  York: Garland 1995)
"A Defence of Property Rights and Capitalism," in Brenda Almond, ed., 
Introducing 
  Applied Ethics (Oxford, England: Blackwell, 1995)
"Egoism, Psychological Egoism and Ethical Egoism,"  P. H. Werhane & R. F. 
Freedman, 
  eds., The Encyclopedia of Business Ethics (London, England: Basil 
Blackwell, 1995)
 
Selected Articles:
 
"Education and the Philosophy of Knowledge," Educational Theory, Vol. 20, 
No. 3,
   1970, pp. 253-268.
"Kuhn's Impossibility Proof and the Moral Element in Scientific 
Explanations,"
   Theory and Decision, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1974, pp. 355-374.
"Back to Being Reasonable," with Marty L. Zupan, Philosophy of Science, 
Vol. 142,
   No. 3, 1975, pp. 307-310.
"Prima Facie v. Natural (Human) Rights," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 
10, No. 1,
   1976, pp. 119-131.
"Was Rachels' Doctor Practicing Egoism?" Philosophia, Vol. 8, (1978), pp. 
21-424.
"Another Look at Logical Possibility," Personalist, Vol. 51, (1970), pp. 
246-249.
"Human Rights:  Some Points of Clarification," Journal of Critical 
Analysis, Vol. 5,
   (1973), pp. 30-38.
"Law, Justice and Natural Rights," Western Ontario Law Review, Vol. 14 
(1975), pp.
   119-130.
"Human Dignity and the Law," DePaul Law Review, Vol. 26, (1977), pp. 119-126.
"Belief Within the Thought of Pierre Bayle," Folia Humanistica, Vol. 16, 
(1978), pp.
    608-619, 687-695.
"Some Normative Considerations of Deregulation," Journal of Social, 
Political and
Economic Studies, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1979,  pp. 363-377.
"Recent Work in Ethical Egoism," American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 
16, (1979),
    pp. 1-15.
"C. S. Peirce and Absolute Truth," Transactions of the C. S. Peirce 
Society, Vol. 16,
    (1980), pp. 153-161.
"Essentialism Sans Inner Natures," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 
Vol. 10, (1980),
    pp. 195-200.
"Rational Choice and Public Affairs," Theory & Decision, Vol. 12, (1980), 
pp.  229-258.
"Some Recent Work in Human Rights Theory," American Philosophical Quarterly,
    Vol. 17 (1980), pp. 103-115.
"Wronging Rights," Policy Review, No. 17, 1981, pp. 37-58.
"Some Philosophical Assumptions of National Labor Policy," Harvard 
Journal of Law
    and Public Policy, Vol. 4 (1981), pp. 67-160.
"The Non-Rational Domain and the Limits of Economic Analysis: Comment,"
    Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 47 (1981), pp. 1123-1127.
"Epistemology and Moral Knowledge," Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 36 
(1982), pp.
    23-49.
"The Politics of Medicinal Anarchism," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 
Vol. 12
    (1982), pp. 183-189.
"A Reconsideration of Natural Rights Theory," American Philosophical 
Quarterly,
    Vol. 19 (1982), pp. 61-72.
"Individualism & the Problem of Political Authority," The Monist, Vol. 66 
(1983), pp.
   500-516.
"Ethics, Professionalism and Public Service," Business and Professional 
Ethics Journal,
   Vol. 2 (November 1983), pp. 83-89.
"Ethics and the Regulation of Professional Ethics," Philosophia, Vol. 13 
(1983), pp.
   337-348.
"Recent Work on the Concept of Happiness," with Den Uyl, American 
Philosophical
    Quarterly, Vol. 21 (1984), pp. 1-31. "Some Ontological Considerations of Skinnerism,"
Cogito, Vol. 3 (1985), pp. 42-72. "Another Look at Naturalist Ethics and Politics," Cogito,
Vol. 3 (1985), pp. 75-114. "Some Doubts About Animal Rights," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol.
19 (1985),
    pp. 73-75.
"Is There A Right to Be Wrong?" International Journal of Applied 
Philosophy, Vol. 2,
    (1985), pp. 105-09.
"Aiding A Suicide Attempt," Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 4 (Winter 
1986), pp. 73-74.
"The Virtue of Freedom in Capitalism," Journal of Applied Philosophy, 
Vol. 3 (1986),
    pp. 49-58. 
"Metaphysics, Epistemology and Natural Law Theory," American Journal of 
    Jurisprudence, Vol. 31 (1986), pp. 65-77. 
"Recent Work in Business Ethics," with Den Uyl, American Philosophical 
Quarterly,
    Vol. 24 (April 1987), pp. 107-124.
"Advertising: The Whole Or Only Some of the Truth," Public Affairs 
Quarterly, 
    Vol. 2 (1987), pp. 59-71.
"Towards A Theory of Natural Individual Human Rights," New Scholasticism, 
Vol.
    61, No. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 33-78.
"Corporate Commerce vs. Government Regulation: The State & Occupational 
Health 
    and Safety," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 
Vol. 2 (Fall
    1987), pp. 791-823.
"Are Teleological Rights Theories Utilitarian?" Cato Journal, Vol. 7 
(Spring/Summer
    1987), pp. 255-58.
"The Unavoidability of Natural Law and Rights," Modern Age (Winter 1987), 
pp. 38
    -44.
"A New Individualist Defense of the Free Market," International Review of 
Economics
    & Ethics, Vol. 2 (1987), pp. 27-39.
"Should Cigarette Advertising Be Banned?" with Den Uyl, Public Affairs 
Quarterly,
    Vol. 2 (1988), pp. 19-30.
"Harman's 'Refutation' of Flourishing Ethics," Thomist, Vol. 49 (1985), 
pp. 387-391.
"Moral Myths and Basic Positive Rights," Tulane Studies in  Philosophy, 
Vol. 33
    (1985), pp. 35-41.
"A Neglected Argument Against Theism," Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 
Vol. II
    (1988), pp. 48-52.
"The Morality of the Market Process," Florida Policy Review (Summer 
1988), pp. 27
    -34.
"The Fantasy of Glasnost," International Journal of Social Economics, 
Vol. 16 (1989),
    pp. 46-53.
"Are Human Rights Real?" Review Journal of Philosophy & Social Science, 
Vol. 13
    (1988), pp. 1-22.
"Individual versus Subjective Values," International Journal of Social 
Economics, Vol.
    16 (1989), pp. 49-59.
"Is Natural Law Ethics Obsolete?" Vera Lex (Vol. 9, No. 1: 1989)
"Rhetoric, Freedom and Capitalism," Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 6 
(1989)
"Natural Rights Liberalism," Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 4 (Spring 
1990), pp. 253-65.
"La Etica de la Privatizacion," Estudios Publicos, No. 37 (Verano 1990), 
pp. 139-45.
"Politics and Generosity," Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 7 (1990), 
pp. 61-73.
"Exploring Extreme Violence (Torture)" The Journal of Social Philosophy, 
Vol. 21
    (Spring 1991), pp. 92-7.
"Sobre los derechos humanos," Libertas, Vol. 8 (May 1991), pp. 39-114.
"Do Animals Have Rights?" Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 5 (April 1991), 
pp. 163-173.
"Teaching Business Ethics in an Academic Environment of Mistrust," 
Mid-Atlantic
    Journal of Business, Vol. 27 (March 1991), pp. 59-65. 
"Pollution, Collectivism and Capitalism," Journal des Economists et des 
Estudes 
    Humaines, Vol. 2 (March 1991), pp. 83-102
"Classical Liberalism and the Market Economy," Spekuliantas, Vol. 3 
(Winter 1992), pp. 
    32-41.
"The Status of the Victim in Social Theory," Filozofia Istrazivaja, Vol. 
41 (1991), pp. 
    489-97.
"Politics and Ideology: Do Ideas Matter?" The Mid-Atlantic Journal of 
Business, Vol.
    28 (June 1992), pp. 159-167.
"How to Understand Eastern European Developments," Public Affairs 
Quarterly, Vol.
    6 (1992), pp. 24-34.
"Evidence of Necessary Existence," Objectivity, Vol. 1 (Fall, 1992), pp. 
31-62.
"Between Parents and Children," Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 23 
(Winter, 1992),
    pp. 16-22.
"The Right to Private Property," Critical Review, Vol. 6 (1992), pp. 81-90.
"The Right to Privacy vs. Uniformitarianism," Journal of Social 
Philosophy, Vol. 24
    (1993), pp. 76-84.
"Applied Ethics and Free Will," Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 10 
(1993), pp. 59-72.
"Liberalisme et valeurs morales," Liberte, economique et progres social, 
No. 67 (March
    1993), pp. 19-30.
"Some Reflections on Richard Rorty's Philosophy," Metaphilosophy, Vol. 24 
(January/
    April 1993), pp. 123-135.
"Enviornmentalism Humanized," Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 7 (April 
1993), pp. 131-147.
"Individual Rights versus the Community, the Case of Environment " 
International
    Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 20 (1993), pp. 54-65.
"Ayn Rand versus Karl Marx," International Journal of Social Economics 
Vol. 21,
    Nos. 2/3/4 (1994)
"What Remains of Communism Today?" International Journal of Social 
Economics 
    Vol. 21, Nos. 2/3/4 (1994)
"Individualism, Morality and the Free Market," Journal des Economists et 
des Estudes
    Humaines, Vol. 4 (Juin/Septembre 1993), pp. 363-376.
"Professional Responsibilities of Corporate Managers," Business and 
Professional Ethics
    Journal, Vol. 13 (Fall, 1994).
"Human Rights Reaffirmed," Philosophy, Vol. 69 (1994), pp. 479-489.
"Posner's Pragmatic Jurisprudence," American Journal of Jurisprudence, 
Vol. 40 (1995)
"A Revision on the Doctrine of Disability of Mind," Persona y Derecho (f/c)
"Individualism and Political Dialogue," Poznan Studies in the Philosophy 
of Sciences and 
    the Humanities (f/c)
"Why Freedom Remains First," The Gallatin Review (f/c)
"Individualism and Classical Liberalism," Res Publica (f/c)