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  • Burning Down the House

    How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    A lively history of American libertarianism and its decay into dangerous fantasy.In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranick's house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly fee, leaving his home in ashes. Observers across the political ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. But legal experts observed that the decision might prove a strategic defeat for progressives. Roberts grounded his decision on Congress's power to tax. He dismissed the claim that it is allowed under the Constitution's commerce clause, which has been the basis of virtually all ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Gay Rights vs. Religious Liberty?

    The Unnecessary Conflict

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Should religious people who conscientiously object to facilitating same-sex weddings, and who therefore decline to provide cakes, photography, or other services, be exempted from antidiscrimination laws? This issue has taken on an importance far beyond the tiny number who have made such claims. Gay rights advocates fear that exempting even a few religious dissenters would unleash a devastating ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. But legal experts observed that the decision might prove a strategic defeat for progressives. Roberts grounded his decision on Congress's power to tax. He dismissed the claim that it is allowed under the Constitution's commerce clause, which has been the basis of virtually all ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Defending American Religious Neutrality

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Although it is often charged with hostility toward religion, First Amendment doctrine in fact treats religion as a distinctive human good. It insists, however, that this good be understood abstractly, without the state taking sides on any theological question. Here, a leading scholar of constitutional law explains the logic of this uniquely American form of neutrality—more religion-centered than ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

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    Burning Down the House

    How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 34 min

    A lively history of American libertarianism and its decay into dangerous fantasy.In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranick’s house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly fee, leaving his home in ashes. Observers across the political ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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