{"product_id":"a-critique-of-freedom-and-equality-paperback-9780521112260","title":"A Critique of Freedom and Equality (Paperback) 9780521112260","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Critique of Freedom and Equality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about the grounds of ethical life, or the nature and basis of our ethical obligations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Charvet (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521112260, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is about the grounds of ethical life, or the nature and basis of our ethical obligations. It contains an original account of these grounds and shows how this understanding requires specific forms of social and political life. Charvet considers the ideas of the freedom and equality of men in the many forms they have taken and shows that there is a radical incoherence underlying them which consists in the failure to integrate in a coherent way the particular and the moral or communal dimensions of individual life. These two dimensions are separated and opposed to each other. In the final section of the book Charvet develops an original account of the grounds of ethical life which satisfactorily integrates these particular and communal elements of individuality. It is designed to show how the moral claims of individuals are grounded in their associated wills in a community and yet how such a conception preserves the separate individuality of the community's members.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The equal value of individuals as self-determining beings\u003cbr\u003e 2. A preliminary notice of the difficulties\u003cbr\u003e 3. Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Egoism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The principle of equal value in some contemporary literature\u003cbr\u003e 6. The motivational structure of morality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hobbesian egoism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Benevolence and sympathy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rationalism and Kant\u003cbr\u003e 11. Self-interest, morality and the divided self\u003cbr\u003e 12. Utilitarianism\u003cbr\u003e 13. Subordinate ordering principles\u003cbr\u003e 14. The liberal theory of equal freedom\u003cbr\u003e 15. Egalitarianism\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Rawlsian combination\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 17. Hegel\u003cbr\u003e 18. Marx\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 19. The relativity of value\u003cbr\u003e 20. The fundamental moral attitude\u003cbr\u003e 21. The possibility of morality\u003cbr\u003e 22. The moral attitude and the rights of individuals\u003cbr\u003e 23. The right to particular satisfaction or welfare\u003cbr\u003e 24. The standpoint of the whole\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ethical criticism\u003cbr\u003e 26. Subjectivity and objectivity in morals\u003cbr\u003e 27. The unity of the human race\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006489645336,"sku":"9780521112260","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521112260i_d8ccc014-7f4b-4308-85fe-963c31b545f0.jpg?v=1691371244","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-critique-of-freedom-and-equality-paperback-9780521112260","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}