IX. Pursuing the National Political Advantage

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. I. A History of Convictions 1
5. II. From First Problems to the Edge of Modernity 14
6. III. From the Scientific Attitude to the Universalist Sentiment 20
7. IV. From the Scientific Revolution to the Liberal Expectation 29
8. V. From Nonliberal Alternatives to the Liberal Reestablishment 70
9. VI. From Altruismto Activism 101
10. VII. Life-Sciences Liberalismin Abstract and Competition 114
11. VIII. Protecting the State 122
12. IX. Pursuing the National Political Advantage 146
13. X. Aggrandizing the Corporation 156
14. XI. Privatizing the Common Inheritance of Humankind 176
15. XII. Advancing the Public Health 194
16. XIII. Groping in the Light 213
17. NOTES 215
18. INDEX 247