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- He labels as the “fatal conceit” the idea that “man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes.”
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3643985.htmlThe Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism, Hayek, Bartley, III
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The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism is a book written by the economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek and edited by the philosopher William Warren Bartley. The book was first published in 1988 by the University of Chicago Press. [1]
- Friedrich Hayek
- 1988
Hayek rejects the explicit, rationalistic construction of most ethical systems because such constructions rest upon the “fatal conceit” of human reason. Reason, Hayek argues, is incapable of commanding the information necessary to design an ethical system.
Jan 1, 2001 · Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors.
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Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors.
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism - Friedrich Hayek. William Warren Bartley, ed. The University of Chicago Press. 1991. Editorial Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Was Socialism a Mistake? 1. Between Instinct and Reason. 2. The Origins of Liberty, Property and Justice. 3. The Evolution of the Market: Trade and Civilisation. 4.
Jul 15, 2011 · He labels as the “fatal conceit” the idea that “man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes.” “The achievement of The Fatal Conceit is that it freshly shows why socialism...
Hayek's classical liberal critics maintain that his argument in his last published work, The Fatal Conceit, allows for only a very small role for the critical scrutiny of tradition and little prospect for the ability to use reason to overcome the growing problems of our age.