Liberty : its meaning and scope / / Mordecai Roshwald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817946403321
• Autore: Roshwald Mordecai <1921->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 979-84-00-67869-1; 0-313-00173-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Collana: Contributions in philosophy, , 0084-926X ; ; no. 77
• Disciplina: 323.44
• Soggetti: Liberty
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- LIBERTY -- Contents -- 1 Basic Questions and Assumptions -- HOW TO APPROACH THE PROBLEM -- STARTING DEFINITION -- Right or Power -- I and Others -- Whim or Will -- Wish and Means -- MEANS OR END? -- IS LIBERTY POSSIBLE? -- PASSIVE AND ACTIVE LIBERTY -- NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE FREEDOM -- THE AGENT OF LIBERTY -- INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE FREEDOM -- 2 Individual Liberty -- LIBERTY OR LIBERTIES? -- FREEDOM FROM DANGER AND FEAR -- PERSONAL FREEDOM -- FREEDOM FROM WANT -- LIBERTY OF EXPRESSION -- LIBERTY OF THE MIND -- FREEDOM OF RELIGION -- FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR -- LIBERTY OF ASSOCIATION -- POLITICAL LIBERTY -- 3 Collective Liberty -- SOME PECULIARITIES OF COLLECTIVE LIBERTY -- THE STATE AS AN AGENT OF COLLECTIVE FREEDOM -- THE NATION AS AN EXPRESSION OF COLLECTIVE FREEDOM -- OTHER CLAIMS OF COLLECTIVE FREEDOM -- 4 Liberties: Conflicts and Their Resolution -- RELATIONS AMONG LIBERTIES -- CONFLICTS IN THE REALM OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES -- CONFLICTS IN THE DOMAIN OF COLLECTIVE LIBERTIES -- CONFLICTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE FREEDOMS -- 5 Freedom and Civilization -- THE PROBLEM DEFINED -- CIVILIZATION AS VEHICLE OF FREEDOM -- FREEDOM VERSUS CIVILIZATION -- FREEDOM WITHIN NORMS -- OBJECTIVE LIMITATIONS OF FREEDOM -- 6 Ways to Secure and Enhance Liberty -- LIBERTY AS A CULTIVABLE ASSET -- INTERNATIONAL WAYS -- ; DOMESTIC MEANS -- INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY -- FREEDOM THROUGH EDUCATION -- 7 Conclusion -- DISTRIBUTION OF LIBERTIES -- HOMO LIBER -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.