Individualism is under increasing attack.
It is denounced as inimical to a sense of community, as offering a false view of human nature, and as an inept attempt to provide a foundation for a morally bankrupt economic system, i.e., laissez-faire capitalism. For a society which once prided itself on the unique worth of each particular person and which has produced the highest living standards in history, this assault from academics and popular media is ironic and sometimes baffling. It is also disturbing and frightening in its implications for freedom, morality, and future prosperity. In Classical Individualism , Tibor Machan continues his defense of what so many enemies of liberty envision as an inconvenient stumbling block in their quest to collectivize and regiment all aspects of our culture. Here he examines the arguments of foes of individualism, natural rights, and capitalism and finds them lacking.