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The Morality of Freedom Summary

The Morality of Freedom by Joseph Raz (Professor of Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College, Professor of Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford)

Ranging over central issues of morals and politics, this book discusses the nature of freedom and authority. It examines the role of value-neutrality, rights, equality, and the prevention of harm in the liberal tradition, and relates them to fundamental moral questions such as the relation of values to social forms, the comparability of values, and the significance of personal commitments.

The Morality of Freedom Reviews

`as significant a new statement of liberal principles as anything since Mill's On Liberty.' Times Literary Supplement
'an impressive treatise' Canadian Journal of Philosophy

Table of Contents

The problem of political freedom. Part 1: the bounds of authority; authority and reason; the justification of authority; the authority of states. Part 2: anti-perfectionism; neutral political concern; the exclusion of ideals. Part 3: individualistic freedom - liberty and rights; the nature of rights; right-based moralities; equality; liberty and rights. Part 4: society and value; consequentialism - an introduction; personal well-being; incommensurability. Part 5: freedom and politics; autonomy and pluralism; freedom and automony. Index.

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GOR001905062
9780198248071
0198248075
The Morality of Freedom by Joseph Raz (Professor of Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College, Professor of Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19880901
448
Winner of Winner of the W. J. M. Mackenzie Prize of the Political Studies Association for 1987. null null null null null null null null null
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