The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism: Democratic Problems, Market Solutions and the Ethics of Preference Satisfaction

by Filipe Nobre Faria

Book Overview

This book assesses the evolutionary sustainability of liberalism. The book's central claim is that liberal institutions ultimately weaken their social groups in the evolutionary process of inter-group competition. In this sense, institutions relying on the liberal satisfaction of preferences reveal maladaptive tendencies. Based on the model of multilevel selection, this work appraises the capacity of liberal democracy and free markets to satisfy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030314952
• ISBN13: 9783030314958
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"