Private Rights and Public Illusions

A serious confusion exists over government's proper role in society. Whatever is considered important has been presumed to be a 'public' or government concern. But, what are the proper limits to this 'public' sphere? Should government be limited to protecting individual rights, including the right to private property, under a Rule of Law applied uniformly throughout society? Many sincere and intelligent people answer in the negative and propose a broad scope for government, including the regulation of advertising, firearms ownership, drug use, teenage pregnancy, environment, health care, tobacco and alcohol consumption, AIDS research, employment, education, etc. This book reveals that few problems concern most members of society in any uniform way, and contrary to conventional belief, both 'public' and 'private' realms are driven by the self-interests of those involved.Tibor R. Machan is the author of 'Private Rights and Public Illusions', published 1994 under ISBN 9781560007494 and ISBN 1560007494.