In Defense of Freedom
Author | : Frank S. Meyer |
Publisher | : Chicago : H. Regnery Company |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Conservatism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Frank S. Meyer |
Publisher | : Chicago : H. Regnery Company |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Conservatism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Margaret Thatcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lars Svendsen |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-10-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1780234104 |
Freedom of speech, religion, choice, will—humans have fought, and continue to fight, for all of these. But what is human freedom really? Taking a broad approach across metaphysics, politics, and ethics, Lars Svendsen explores this question in his engaging book, while also looking at the threats freedom faces today. Though our behaviors, thoughts, and actions are restricted by social and legal rules, deadlines, and burdens, Svendsen argues that the fundamental requirement for living a human life is the ability to be free. A Philosophy of Freedom questions how we can successfully create meaningful lives when we are estranged from the very concept of freedom. Svendsen tackles such issues as the nature of free agency and the possibility of freedom in a universe governed by natural laws. He concludes that the true definition of personal freedom is first and foremost the liberty to devote yourself to what really matters to you—to realize the true value of the life you are living. Drawing on the fascinating debates around the possibility of freedom and its limits within society, this comprehensive investigation provides an accessible and insightful overview that will appeal to academics and general readers alike.
Author | : Bas van der Vossen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0190876115 |
The topic of global justice has long been a central concern within political philosophy and political theory, and there is no doubt that it will remain significant given the persistence of poverty on a massive scale and soaring global inequality. Yet, virtually every analysis in the vast literature of the subject seems ignorant of what developmental economists, both left and right, have to say about the issue. In Defense of Openness illuminates the problem by stressing that that there is overwhelming evidence that economic rights and freedom are necessary for development, and that global redistribution tends to hurt more than it helps. Bas van der Vossen and Jason Brennan instead ask what a theory of global justice would look like if it were informed by the facts that mainstream development and institutional economics have brought to light. They conceptualize global justice as global freedom and insist we can help the poor-and help ourselves at the same time-by implementing open borders, free trade, the strong protection of individual freedom, and economic rights and property for all around the world. In short, they work from empirical, consequentialist grounds to advocate for the market society as a model for global justice. A spirited challenge to mainstream political theory from two leading political philosophers, In Defense of Openness offers a new approach to global justice: We don't need to "save" the poor. The poor will save themselves, if we would only get out of their way and let them.
Author | : K. W. Watkins |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Liberty |
ISBN | : 9780304299638 |
Author | : Frank S. Meyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
First published in 1962, "In Defense of Freedom" examines the tension between the freedom of the person and the power of social institutions. In Frank Meyer's view, both the dominant liberalism and the "New Conservatism" of the American tradition place undue emphasis on the claims of social order at the expense of the individual person and liberty. In addition, Meyer insists that liberty is essential to the pursuit of virtue. Therefore, to Meyer, the proper end of political thought and action is the establishment and preservation of freedom. This edition also includes nine related essays, among them "Libertarianism or Libertinism?", "Freedom, Tradition, Conservatism" and "In Defense of John Stuart Mill".
Author | : Robert Lockie |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-01-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1350029068 |
In the first in-depth study of the transcendental argument for decades, Free Will and Epistemology defends a modern version of the famous transcendental argument for free will: that we could not be justified in undermining a strong notion of free will, as a strong notion of free will is required for any such process of undermining to be itself epistemically justified. By arguing for a conception of internalism that goes back to the early days of the internalist-externalist debates, it draws on work by Richard Foley, William Alston and Alvin Plantinga to explain the importance of epistemic deontology and its role in the transcendental argument. It expands on the principle that 'ought' implies 'can' and presents a strong case for a form of self-determination. With references to cases in the neuroscientific and cognitive-psychological literature, Free Will and Epistemology provides an original contribution to work on epistemic justification and the free will debate.
Author | : Amlan Datta |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Democracy |
ISBN | : 9788174872197 |