CAPITALIST SOLUTIONS: A PHILOSOPHY OF AMERICAN MORAL DILEMMAS

Book ID/图书代码： 13149011B50591

English Summary/英文概要： The U.S. is facing enormous challenges as it enters the second decade of the twenty-first century. Some of these major issues are environmentalism and its claim of global warming; the danger from terrorism generated by Islamic fundamentalism; and affordable, quality health care. Additionally, education in America remains an unresolved dilemma contributing to America’s lack of economic competitiveness.

Andrew Bernstein argues that the U.S. government is pushing the nation toward socialism in its attempt to resolve America’s problems. The government’s increasing control of the banking industry, its massive bailouts of auto makers, and its proposal of emissions legislation are also examples of the expansion of government’s power. Bernstein argues that whatever the intentions of the government, or its illusions about the workability of its proposals, morally upright and practical solutions can only come from moving to the opposite end of the political-economic spectrum: the establishment of laissez- faire capitalism.

In Atlas Shrugged, and in her non-fiction works, Ayn Rand developed a systematic body of thought, a comprehensive philosophy she dubbed “Objectivism.” This philosophy has been neglected by most professional intellectuals, but it is now beginning to be seriously studied in academic philosophy departments. Objectivism provides the moral and philosophic validation of the political-economic principles of individual rights and free markets. Analysis of today’s gravest social and political issues within this philosophic framework, as undertaken by Bernstein in this volume, constitutes a unique way of identifying rational solutions to these pressing issues.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 即将进入21世纪第二个十年的美国正面临着巨大的挑战，包括：因全球变暖而兴起的环境保护主义，受到伊斯兰原教旨主义影响而日益加剧的恐怖主义，以及高质量医疗保障带来的巨大压力。除此之外，由于美国在经济上缺少竞争力，教育也成为美国一大未解的难题。

安德鲁.伯恩斯坦声称美国政府为了解决国家所面临的困境正在把国家推向社会主义。政府逐渐加强对银行业、汽车工业，以及要求放宽立法权都很好地证明了政府部门在积极拓展权力。伯恩斯坦还称无论政府的意图为何，或者其工作提案背后隐藏着什么信息，符合道德标准以及实际可行的办法只能是结束“政治—经济”模式，从而建立彻底放任的自由资本主义。

艾因.兰德在其最著名的小说《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》以及其他非小说类文学作品中发明了一套系统的思考模式、一种无所不包的哲学理念——兰德昵称为“哲学客观主义”。大多数有识之士曾一度对兰德的这种哲学理念却置之不理，但是现在它却受到各大学术部门的研究和追捧。政治经济原则倡导的个人权力和自由市场，哲学客观主义正好为其提供了道德和哲学上的论证。伯恩斯坦在哲学框架下讨论当今最严重的社会和政治问题，为解决以上紧急问题提供了一种全新的模式。(兼职翻译-XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：“The U.S. is facing tremendous challenges—from rising health care costs to the rising threat of Islamic totalitarianism. Today’s political and intellectual mainstream has nothing to offer but more of the poison that created these problems. Americans desperately need new solutions based on the principles of individual rights, individual freedom, and free market capitalism. This book is a welcome contribution to the growing body of work applying Ayn Rand’s ideas to today’s most important issues.”---Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director, The Ayn Rand Institute

"Capitalist Solutions is a powerful and penetrating analysis of some of today’s most pressing issues. In it, Andrew Bernstein has gone beyond the typical debates to illuminate the crucial moral superiority of a capitalist system of individual rights. The book addresses controversies ranging from global warming to gay marriage within the framework of how capitalism provides both a moral and practical solution. It is an intellectual tour de force."---Eric Daniels, Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism, Clemson University

"The solutions to social problems recommended by Dr. Bernstein are both morally upright and practically sound. They will promote health, physically and psychologically, for millions of individuals worldwide—and for society as a whole."---Ellen Kenner, Clinical Psychologist; Author, The Selfish Path to Romance (with Dr. Edwin Locke)

“The solutions to social problems recommended by Dr. Andrew Bernstein are both morally upright and practically sound. They will promote health, physically and psychologically, for millions of individuals worldwide--and for society as a whole.”---Ellen Kenner, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, host of The Rational Basis of Happiness® radio show

“Professor Bernstein begins by distilling Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism down to two essentials: “values are the meaning of life,” and “the moral is the practical.” He then proceeds to show the power of fundamental ideas by applying them to as diverse a set of problems as it is possible to imagine—from Islamic terrorists to abortion to our failing school system—he shows that all problems dissolve when they are confronted with reason wielding the right ideas.”---M. Northrup Buechner, Department of Economics and Finance, St. John’s University, New York

About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁.伯恩斯坦是纽约州立大学的哲学教授以及学院的客座哲学教授。他的作品曾在《芝加哥先驱报》，《旧金山纪年报》，《亚特兰大杂志》，《华盛顿时报》以及《洛杉矶日报》上刊登过。除此之外，他还是《资本家宣言》、《关于哲学客观主义的一课》以及《自由资本主义》的作者。

Andrew Bernsteinis professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Purchase and was visiting professor philosophy at Marist College. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Washington Times, and the Los Angeles Daily News. In addition, he is the author of The Capitalist Manifesto, Objectivism in One Lesson, and Capitalism Unbound.

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