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On Ordered Liberty Samuel Gregg

On Ordered Liberty By Samuel Gregg

On Ordered Liberty by Samuel Gregg


Summary

Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law sources, this work suggests that integral law must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. It goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, and covers actions in a free society.

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On Ordered Liberty Summary

On Ordered Liberty: A Treatise on the Free Society by Samuel Gregg

Perhaps no issue is more divisive among philosophers, jurists and theologians than the nature of human liberty. Liberty is central to the claims of the Christian Gospel, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the American Revolution. But discussions about the nature of freedom have been characterized by profound disagreement and unsettling questions. What does it mean to be free? Is freedom worth more than mens' lives? Why should man be free? What, if any, legitmate responsibilities accompany freedom? These subjects are that the heart of Samuel Gregg's new book On Ordered Liberty. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law theorists, Gregg suggests that something which he terms 'integral law' must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. He argues that this new arrangement requires a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas on the grounds that they are incompatable with human nature. He also recommends a new and more rigorous focus on the basic but often neglected-question: what is man? On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society.

On Ordered Liberty Reviews

The book is well written and from the author's Australian pen flows an elegant style. . . . A final word about this edition of the book, it only merits praise. * Anuario Filosofico *
This concise introduction to the principles of the free society provides a welcome antidote to the unreflective relativism that dominates important currents of contemporary academic moral and political philosophy. Samuel Gregg's elegantly written treatise is in the best conservative liberal tradition and is studded with revealing quotations from the likes of Burke, Tocqueville, Guizot, and Ropke. In the spirit of his great predecessors, Gregg's book combines genuine attachment to personal and political liberty with an equally fulsome appreciation of the ends or purposes that inform a freedom worthy of man. * Journal of Markets & Morality *
Anyone who wants to be informed on what is at stake in current policy discussions of liberty, no matter whether they occur in a local tavern or on the floor of the United States Supreme Court, should read On Ordered Liberty> * Religion & Liberty *
Anyone who wants to be informed on what is at stake in current policy discussions of liberty, no matter whether they occur in a local tavern or on the floor of the United States Supreme Court, should read On Ordered Liberty * Religion & Liberty *

About Samuel Gregg

Samuel Gregg is the Director of Research at the Acton Institute and the author of several books on morality, economics, politlcs and philosophy. He is the editor of Lexington's Studies in Ethics and Economics series.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Case for Liberty Chapter 2 Contra Ratio: John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 The Drama of Human Freedom Chapter 4 Law and Liberty Chapter 5 Whither the State? Chapter 6 Little Platoons Chapter 7 Reflections of a Catholic Whig

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CIN0739106686A
9780739106686
0739106686
On Ordered Liberty: A Treatise on the Free Society by Samuel Gregg
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Lexington Books
2003-07-14
144
N/A
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