Social freedom : the responsibility view /

When is it correct to say that a person's freedom is restricted? Can poverty constrain freedom? Can you constrain your own freedom, for instance through weakness of the will or self-deception, and are you not truly free unless you act on a rational choice? Kristján Kristjánsson offers a critica...

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Main Author: Kristjánsson, Kristján, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Freedom from Berlin onwards
  • Negative freedom : the nature of constraints
  • Obstacles and their weight
  • The test of moral responsibility
  • Internal bars and positive liberty
  • Freedom and power
  • Observations on method
  • Concluding remarks.