Liberty : its meaning and scope / / Mordecai Roshwald

• Autore: Roshwald Mordecai <1921->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.44
• Soggetto topico: Liberty
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The history of mankind is fraught with clashes in the quest for liberty--in the name of often contradictory ideals of freedom. Roshwald explores the diverse understandings of the term liberty and its spectrum of application, in order to achieve a coherent and consistent definition of the concept in respect to both the individual and society. The issue of liberty is examined not only from the traditional angle of political philosophy but also from a philosophical-anthropological perspective. After analyzing examples of specific approaches to freedom, and describing a theoretically and practically viable definition of liberty, the book suggests the possibility and ways of attaining the ideal.The concept of liberty has been tarnished by propaganda, conflicting political claims, and uncritical usage. This book attempts to restore value to the meaning of liberty, arguing that it must be clearly understood and defined in the context of human experience in order to be universally enjoyed. Through a cogent analysis of contradictions in individual and societal perceptions of the over-used and abused principle, this interdisciplinary volume rescues liberty from its current role as being a mere slogan and presents the possibility for individual and collective freedoms to coexist. A selected Bibliography chronicles historical and contemporary treatises on liberty.
• Titolo autorizzato: Liberty
• ISBN: 9798400678691; 9780313001734; 0313001731
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960727403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions in philosophy ; ; no. 77.