About this title: 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 person'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 - ...
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Binding: orig. wrappers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Date Published: 2001
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, 193 pp, PAPERBACK. "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 person's being fit to be held responsible and to be authorized as a ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2001-09-06
ISBN-13:9780195218329ISBN:0195218329
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780195218329ISBN:0195218329
Description: New. In this short yet ambitious work, Philip Pettit offers a single, unified, and overarching theory of freedom. A puzzling topic, freedom extends from the individual and the metaphysical (i.e. free will) to the social and the political, yet a theory con... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 06/09/2001
ISBN-13:9780195218312ISBN:0195218310
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Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). 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 ... read more
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