Dr. Jan Narveson
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Waterloo
Election Year
1989
Academy
Académie des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada
Discipline
Philosophy / Ethics
Department
Department of Philosophy
Keywords
Libertarianism
Liberalism
Contractarianism
Liberalism
Contractarianism
Jan Narveson, after publishing in his book "Morality and Utility" (1967) one of the most considerable arguments for utilitarianism offered in a philosophical climate often hostile to that view, has become an equally considerable philosophical spokesman (in a host of articles and reviews) for libertarianism. He is a very sophisticated philosopher renowned for the vigor of his critical powers.
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