Positive Liberty An Essay in Normative Political Philosophy

Positive Liberty An Essay in Normative Political Philosophy / by L.H. Crocker.

Liberty is perhaps the most praised of all social ideals. Rare is the modern political movement which has not inscribed "liberty," "freedom," "liber­ ation," or "emancipation" prominently on its banners. Rarer still is the political leader who has spoken out a...

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Main Author: Crocker, L.H (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1980.
Edition:1st ed. 1980.
Series:Melbourne International Philosophy Series ; 7
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Subjects:
Modern philosophy.
Ethics.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Berlin’s Distinction
  • 2. MacCallum on Positive and Negative Liberty
  • 3. The Strategy of the Argument
  • II. The Freedom to do a Particular Thing: The Objective Side
  • 4. Restraint and Incapacity
  • 5. Coercion
  • 6. Coercion and the Wage Agreement
  • 7. The Probability of Doing ?
  • III. The Freedom to do a Particular Thing: The Subjective Side
  • 8. Belief and Information
  • 9. Psychological Barriers, Autonomy, and Freedom
  • 10. The Desire to Do ?
  • IV. Personal Freedom
  • 11. Berlin’s Five Factors
  • 12. The Number and Variety of Alternatives
  • 13. The Probability of the Alternatives
  • 14. The Value of the Alternatives
  • V. Social Liberty
  • 15. The Characterization
  • 16. Outlines of a Positive Libertarian Social Program
  • 17. A Positive Approach to Speech
  • 18. Redistribution
  • 19. Left and Right Libertarianism
  • VI. Criticisms of Positive Liberty
  • 20. That Positive Liberty Extends the Notion to Meaninglessness
  • 21. Liberty and its Conditions of Exercise
  • 22. Liberty and the Conditions that Give it Worth
  • 23. “Liberty” in Ordinary Language
  • 24. The Special Evils of Restraint and Coercion
  • 25. Human Rights, Coercion, and Non-Aid
  • VII. The Value of Liberty
  • 26. The Consequences of Liberty
  • 27. Intrinsic Value Defined
  • 28. The Intrinsic Value of Autonomy and Liberty
  • 29. Value and the Structure of Positive Liberty
  • 30. An Egalitarian Argument for Positive Liberty
  • VIII. The Costs and Limits of Liberty
  • 31. Decision Costs
  • 32. Personal Costs and Paternalism
  • 33. Social Costs
  • 34. Individual Decision and Collective Decision
  • Notes.

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