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Social Freedom: The Responsibility View

By Kristjan Kristjansson

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0521044138, 9780521044134, 0521560926, 9780521560924
LCC
HM271 .K75 1996
Open Library ID
OL7746406M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12111118 bytes)
Pages
236\242
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

When is it correct to say that a person's freedom is restricted? Kristj?n Kristj?nsson 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.

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