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A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency

Posted By: ChrisRedfield
A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency

Philip Pettit - A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency
Published: 2001-09-06 | ISBN: 0195218329, 0195218310 | PDF | 200 pages | 8 MB


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 connecting these two realms has yet to be devised. In an elegant, accessible manner, Pettit presents a survey of available theories of freedom, then develops his own–one that manages to straddle the personal and political spheres. The view he develops–which includes the seemingly paradoxical notion that we are free to the extent that we are capable of being held responsible–will make this pioneering book highly important to a wide range of philosophers.