Tibor R. Machan
Tibor R. Machan
Tibor Richard Machan was a Hungarian-American philosopher. A professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at Auburn University, Machan held the R. C. Hoiles Chair of Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business & Economics at Chapman University in Orange, California until 31 December 2014.
"While individualism was once widely hailed in Britain and especially the United States, today it is deemed amoral and heartless. The individualist viewpoint is unable to promise honestly that everyone will eventually be completely well-off. Critics find this defeatist and insist that ‘we must do better’ while calling upon the forces of the state to see that we do."
"This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one’s happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It’s only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen—that is what makes the crucial difference."
"Ethics requires the kind of personal reflection, in the end, that no one else can do decisively for any individual."
"[T]here is little doubt that only a totalitarian government aims to take on every possible concern of the citizenry."
"The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything... it amounts to... a gross violation of human liberty."
"Politicians are leaches, mostly."
