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Why I, Too, Am Not a Conservative. The Normative Vision of Classical Liberalism James M. Buchanan Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2005, 106 pp.
The main title of this book, of course, expresses James Buchanan's personal agreement with the famous 1960 essay by F. A. Hayek on "Why I Am Not a Conservative." Most of this small book, however, is better described by the subtitle. For this book is the only summary of Buchanan's important contribution to the philosophy of ethics.
Only the first and last of the 12 chapters were written specifically for this book, primarily to summarize the development of Buchanan's personal perspective on the book's two titles. The other 10 chapters are revisions of lectures that Buchanan has presented over the past decade. This small, dense book merits careful reading and reflection, chapter by chapter rather than at one sitting.
Buchanan, like Hayek, has long tried to distinguish his views as a classical liberal from those of a conservative--views that are often confused because classical liberals and conservatives have often been tactical allies. He differentiates these views...
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