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SOCIAL STATICS BY HERBERT SPENCER begins with an exploration of the individual human being in order to understand human society. It posits an innate Moral Sense to derive a First Principle that human happiness is intended by Divine will, that it can only be achieved by the exercise of human faculties, & that to exercise these faculties human beings must have the liberty to do what these faculties impel them to do. From this the author devotes the remaining major portion of the book to various applications of this First Principle, including: The Rights of Life & Personal Liberty, The Right to Use the Earth, The Right of Property, The Right of Free Speech, The Rights of Women, The Rights of Children, The Right to Ignore the State, The Limit of State Duty, Poor Laws, National Education, & Government Colonization. This is an unexpurgated republication of the original 1850 classic in defense of individual freedom. It includes a new foreword by Mark A. Sullivan, a new preface by Jack Schwartzman, previous prefaces by Francis Neilson (1954) & the author (1877 & 1850), & an index. 430 pages, cloth ISBN 0-911312-33-1. $15.00. Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 41 E. 72nd St., New York, NY 10021. (800-269-9555; FAX 212-988-1687).
ISBN-13

9780911312331

ISBN-10

0911312331

Weight

1.35 Pounds

Dimensions

5.75 x 1.50 x 8.50 In

List Price

$18.00

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

430 pages

Publisher

Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Published On

1995-10-01


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