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A Theory of Freedom - From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency (Hardcover)
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A Theory of Freedom - From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency (Hardcover)
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This innovative approach to freedom starts from an account of what
we mean by describing someone, in a psychological vein, as a free
subject. Pettit develops an argument as to what it is that makes
someone free in that basic sense; and then goes on to derive the
implications of the approach for issues of freedom in political
theory. Freedom in the subject is equated with the persona s being
fit to be held responsible and to be authorized as a partner in
interaction. This book is unique among contemporary approaches --
although it is true to the spirit of classical writers like Hobbes
and Kant -- in seeking a theory that applies to psychological
issues of free agency and free will as well as to political issues
in the theory of the free state and the free constitution. The
driving thesis is that it is only by connecting up the different
issues of freedom, psychological and political, that we can fully
appreciate the nature of the questions involved, and the
requirements for their resolution. The book does not not seek a
comprehensive reach just for its own sake, but rather for the sake
of the illumination it provides. A Theory of Freedom is a
ground--breaking volume which will be of wide interest to scholars
and students in political philosophy and political science.
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