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F. A. Hayek on Social Evolution and the Origins of Tradition
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| 12/2/11
| LibertarianismDotOrg
Posted on 12/02/2011 12:08:47 PM PST by Nachum
In this exclusive video, Nobel-laureate F. A. Hayek discusses the evolution of morality and social norms, arguing that they result from unplanned, emergent processes. He contrasts this conclusion with other philosophical accounts of law and morality.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: evolution; hayek; origins; social
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:08:58 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:13:03 PM PST
by
Rumplemeyer
(The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
To: Nachum
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:16:32 PM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(... and Merry Christmas to all FREEPERS EVERYWHERE!)
To: Nachum
Thomas Sowell did a very good book on this called “ the conflict of Visions”
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:17:22 PM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Cain :"My parents didn't raise me to beg the government for other peoples money")
To: Nachum
Thanks for the Post. Love Hayek.
To: savagesusie
Love Hayek. Me too!
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:48:41 PM PST
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: savagesusie
Me too. He’d never get a Nobel in this era.
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:06:20 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: Nachum
Hayek made an extensive case for this in his last book,
The Fatal Conceit. Its principal purpose was to summarize a lifetime of analysis and refutation of state interventionism and social engineering, from Keynsianism to Communism.
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posted on
12/02/2011 4:12:04 PM PST
by
Erasmus
To: Erasmus
Ummm, Keynesianism.
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posted on
12/02/2011 4:13:21 PM PST
by
Erasmus
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