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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
The Problem Of Moral Dirigisme: A New Argument Against Moralistic Legislation, Mario Rizzo
The Problem Of Moral Dirigisme: A New Argument Against Moralistic Legislation, Mario Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
This Article applies a theory of rational choice to moral decisionmaking. In this theory, agents act primarily on local and personal knowledge to instantiate moral principles, virtues and moral goods. The State may seek to prevent them from acting as they independently determine by prescribing or proscribing certain conduct by formal legal means. If its purpose is to ensure that people act morally or become better persons, we call this “moral dirigisme.” Our thesis is that the need to use decentralized knowledge to determine the moral status of an act makes the task of the moral dirigiste well-neigh impossible. The …
The Camel's Nose Is In The Tent: Rules, Theories And Slippery Slopes, Mario Rizzo, Glen Whitman
The Camel's Nose Is In The Tent: Rules, Theories And Slippery Slopes, Mario Rizzo, Glen Whitman
Mario Rizzo
The authors provide a general theory for understanding and evaluating slippery slope arguments (SSAs) and their associated slippery slope events (SSEs). The central feature of the theory is a structure of discussion within which all arguments take place. The structure is multi-layered, consisting of decisions, rules, theories,and research programs. Each layer influences and shapes the layer beneath: rules influences decisions, theories influence the choice of rules, and research programs influence the choice of theories. In this structure, SSAs take the form of meta-arguments, as they purport to predict the future development of arguments in this structure. Evaluating such arguments requires …
Real Time And Relative Indeterminacy In Economic Theory, Mario Rizzo
Real Time And Relative Indeterminacy In Economic Theory, Mario Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
This article develops the implications of a dynamic conception of time for the idea of plan coordination in economics. It traces the development of some philosophical, scientific and economic theories in the twentieth century. A contrast is made with static or Newtonian views of time in economics.
Which Kind Of Legal Order? Logical Coherence And Praxeological Coherence, Mario Rizzo
Which Kind Of Legal Order? Logical Coherence And Praxeological Coherence, Mario Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
This article addresses the classic question: How can the common law ensure relative certainty of expectations and also adapt to economic or other changes in society?
The Coming Slavery: The Determinism Of Herbert Spencer, Mario J. Rizzo
The Coming Slavery: The Determinism Of Herbert Spencer, Mario J. Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) believed that Victorian Britain was moving toward a society of total regimentation (slavery). This movement was part of a cosmic process of evolution and dissolution. While the long-run (but not ultimate) destination of society was a higher form of social organization based on voluntary and complex interpersonal relationships, the immediate tendency was retrograde—a movement away from the liberation of mankind from the bondage of previous eras. This Article explores (1) the reasons for the retrograde movement, (2) its inevitability, and (3) the role of ideas in the process. The general conclusion is that in an effort to …
Economics Of Time And Ignorance: 1996 Intro Survey, Mario Rizzo
Economics Of Time And Ignorance: 1996 Intro Survey, Mario Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
This is a review of the developments in Austrian-subjectivist economics during the period 1985-1996 from the perspective of the themes developed in the first-edition of "The Economics of Time and Ignorance." It is also a concise statement of a modern understanding of the classic ideas of Austrian economics with a view to seeing their connection to a broader set of perspectives in economics. (The version available here is the final draft of the text available in the book published by Routledge. This is available from Routledge as an e-book or from various Amazon.com sellers.)
Equilibrium Visions, Mario J. Rizzo
Equilibrium Visions, Mario J. Rizzo
Mario Rizzo
This is an analysis of the uses of the equilibrium concept in the works of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig Lachmann. It is claimed that for Mises the concept of equilibrium is an analytical tool or construct. Hayek and Lachmann thought of equilibrium in more realistic terms but differed as to the extent to which the real world approximates an equilibrium.