Libertarianism

References and further reading

	Barry, N. (1986) On Classical Liberalism and Libertarianism, London: Macmillan. (Useful survey of a wide range of libertarian positions and some liberal antecedents.)
	Buchanan, J. (1975) The Limits of Liberty, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (An attempt to provide contractual foundations for libertarianism.)
	Cohen, G.A. (1979) ‘Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat’, in A. Ryan (ed.), The Idea of Freedom, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 9–25; revised and repr. in D. Miller (ed.) Liberty, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. (Criticizes libertarians for abusing the language of liberty.)
	Friedman, D. (1973) The Machinery of Freedom, New York: Harper & Row. (Presents a consequentialist version of libertarianism.)
	Nozick, R. (1974) Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Oxford: Blackwell. (Philosophically powerful and entertaining presentation of rights-based libertarianism.)
	Steiner, H. (1994) An Essay on Rights, Oxford: Blackwell. (A defence of left-wing libertarianism.)
	Taylor, C. (1979) ‘Atomism’, in A. Kontos (ed.) Powers, Possessions and Freedom, Toronto, Ont: University of Toronto Press, 39–61; repr. in Philosophy and the Human Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. (Argues that the ’atomism’ or individualism of libertarianism – or liberalism – cannot be sustained.)