The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism

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Beschreibung

This book assesses the evolutionary sustainability of liberalism. The book¿s central claim is that liberal institutions ultimately weaken their social groups in the evolutionary process of inter-group competition. In this sense, institutions relying on the liberal satisfaction of preferences reveal maladaptive tendencies. Based on the model of multilevel selection, this work appraises the capacity of liberal democracy and free markets to satisfy preferences. In particular, the book re-evaluates public choice theory¿s classic postulate that free markets are a suitable alternative to the shortcomings of western liberal democracies regarding preference satisfaction. Yet, the book concludes that free markets are not a solution to the problems of liberal democracy because both market and democratic liberal institutions rest on the liberal satisfaction of preferences, an ethic which hurts group evolutionary fitness. This volume is of interest to political theorists, evolutionary ethicists, political economists and to general readers interested in the future of liberalism.

Über den Autor

Filipe Nobre Faria is Researcher and Lecturer in Political Philosophy and Ethics at the Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal. He earned his PhD in Political Theory (2016) from King's College London and his Master's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (2011) from the University of East Anglia. His main research interest lies in applying the insights of the biological sciences to issues in social and political philosophy.

Zusammenfassung

Studies the impact of liberal morality on the evolutionary fitness of social groups, concluding that such a morality has a detrimental impact

Develops an evolutionary political theory of preference satisfaction that operates in the tradition of scientific realism and that constitutes a more accurate explanation of public choice

Asserts that both liberal democracy and markets have a high potential in terms of maximising the satisfaction of individual preferences

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. From Public Choice to Evolutionary Theory.- 3. Public Choice Theory: Liberal Democracy's Shortcomings and Their Institutional Market Enhancing Solutions.- 4. The Evolutionary Framework: Multilevel Selection, Morality and Preferences.- 5. Reassessing Liberal Democracy's Shortcomings and Their Institutional Market Enhancing Solutions.- 6. The Market: Evolutionary Limits and Possibilities.- 7. Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Volkswirtschaft
Genre:	Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xv 239 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 239 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030314989
ISBN-10:	3030314987
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Faria, Filipe Nobre
Auflage:	1st edition 2019
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Filipe Nobre Faria
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.11.2020
Gewicht:	0,336 kg

Artikel-ID: 119101686