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Foundations of Morality

In this impressive work Henry Hazlitt explores the proper foundation of
morality, offering a unified theory of laws, morals, and manners. Noted
economist Leland Yeager, in his foreword to this edition, says that The
Foundations of Morality “provides . . . the soundest philosophical
basis for the humane society that is the ideal of classical liberals.”

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2 Comments »

  1. [...] September 22, 1947 Newsweek published a short article by Henry Hazlitt entitled “Lenin Was Right”. I searched in vain to find a copy of this online. Fortunately FEE’s archives contain a rough [...]

  2. [...] online. Fortunately, FEE’s archives contain a rough draft of this article, which can be found here. I personally found the title very intriguing. Where could Vladimir Lenin (the Bolshevik [...]

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