LIBERTY AND NATURE - AN ARISTOTELIAN DEFENSE OF LIBERAL ORDER - RASMUSSEN,DB, DENUYL,DJ

In Liberty and Nature, Rasmussen and Den Uyl use an Aristotelian conce ption of the human good to provide a foundation for libertarianism. Th eir principal argument is that intelligence and virtue ave necessary i ngredients in every flourishing human life, but since these are not go ods that the state can distribute to individuals, governments can play only a modest role in promoting the common good. The state best promo tes the well-being of its citizens by allowing them to pursue happines s in a manner of their own choosing, and defending them against those who would invade their moral boundaries.