This book provides the first systematic account of the nature and importance of our judgements about degrees of freedom. Author Ian Carter analyzes the normative assumptions behind the claim that individuals are entitled to a measure of freedom. He argues for a conception of freedom that not only reflects commonly held intuitions about who is freer than who but is also compatible with a liberal or freedom-based theory of justice.
Introduction PART I: JUSTICE AND OVERALL FREEDOM 1. The Concept of Overall Freedom 2. The Value of Freedom 3. The Distribution of Freedom 4. Reflective Equilibrium PART II: VALUE-BASED FREEDOM 5. The Value-Based Approach 6. Self-Mastery PART III: EMPIRICAL FREEDOM 7. Individual Freedom: Actions 8. Individual Freedom: Constraints 9. Group Freedom 10. Indicators of Freedom Conclusion Bibliography
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