Social Freedom: The Responsibility View

by Kristjan Kristjánsson

2020-12-29 09:34:35

When is it correct to say that a person''s freedom is restricted? Kristján Kristjánsson offers a critical analysis of the main components of a theory of negative liberty: the nature of obstacles and constraints, the weight of obstacles, and... Read more
When is it correct to say that a person''s freedom is restricted? Kristján Kristjánsson offers a critical analysis of the main components of a theory of negative liberty: the nature of obstacles and constraints, the weight of obstacles, and the relation of freedom to power and autonomy. Through this discussion, which examines much of the contemporary work on political freedom, he develops his own theory of negative liberty, the so-called "responsibility view", which meets many of the goals of advocates of positive liberty while retaining its distinctive "negative" nature. Less

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File size8.39 X 5.51 X 0.51 in
Print pages236
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date November 5, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521044134
Kristján Kristjánsson is Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. ...

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