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Feser: Islam Needs a Pope

Feser: Islam Needs a Pope

In his piece “Does Islam Need a Luther or a Pope?” (TechCentral), Edward Feser writes “There is, in my view, no more penetrating account of our civilization than that provided by the work of the economist and social theorist Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992). Hayek is, of course, well known for his defense of the market economy, but no less significant is his analysis of the social and cultural preconditions for the survival and flourishing of such an economy. The key is the stability of individual freedom, private property, and contract made possible by the rule of law -- something by no means to be identified with the mere existence of laws, understood as decrees issued by some governing authority.”  MORE

 

Feser is the author of (from the JLS): “Hayek on Tradition

 

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