In this engaging new book, Katrin Flikschuh offers an accessible
introduction to divergent conceptions of freedom in contemporary
liberal political philosophy. Beginning with a discussion of Isaiah
Berlin's seminal distinction between negative and positive liberty,
the book goes on to consider Gerald MacCallums alternative proposal of
freedom as a triadic concept. The abiding influence of Berlin's
argument on the writings of contemporary liberal philosophers such as
Robert Nozick, Hillel Steiner, Ronald Dworkin and Joseph Raz, is fully
explored in subsequent chapters. Flikschuh shows that, instead of just
one negative and one positive freedom tradition, contemporary liberal
thinkers articulate the meaning and significance of liberal freedom in
many different and often conflicting ways. What should we make of such
diversity and disagreement? Should it undermine our confidence in the
coherence of liberal freedom? Should we strive towards greater
conceptual and normative unity? Flikschuh argues that moral and
political disagreement about freedom can often be traced back to
differences in underlying metaphysical presuppositions and
commitments. Yet these differences do not show liberal freedom debates
to be confused or incoherent. On the contrary, they demonstrate the
centrality of this philosophically elusive idea to the continued
vitality of liberal political thinking.
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Contemporary Liberal Perspectives
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ISBN
9780745654744
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Wiley Professional Development (P&T)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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