{"product_id":"liberation-from-self-a-theory-of-personal-autonomy-hardback-9780521480451","title":"Liberation from Self; A Theory of Personal Autonomy (Hardback) 9780521480451","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiberation from Self\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Theory of Personal Autonomy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Berofsky provides a detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernard Berofsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521480451, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 September 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Berofsky's work is an important addition to this literature. It offers a provocative new theory of autonomy while critically discussing much of the extant literature and challenging many common assumptions. It is a book that no one interested in the topic of autonomy can afford to ignore...this book is an impressive addition to the growing literature on autonomy. It is packed with imaginative examples and arguments that challenge all existing views, and it presents an original conception of autonomy that must be taken into account by anyone who writes on the subject in future.\"    Robert Kane, The Philosophical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy. Moreover it argues for a quite different conception of autonomy from that found in the philosophical literature. Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy originating in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions. A sustained critique of concepts such as moral autonomy, self-realisation, ideal autonomy, and identification is offered. The author replaces these with an alternative model that reveals how spontaneity, vitality and competence enable human beings to act in the real world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Freedom and autonomy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Freedom of action\u003cbr\u003e 4. Agent freedom\u003cbr\u003e 5. Values and the self\u003cbr\u003e 6. Autonomy and rationality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rationality, values and integrity\u003cbr\u003e 8. The liberation theory of autonomy: objectivity\u003cbr\u003e 9. The liberation theory of autonomy: the place of self\u003cbr\u003e 10. The value of autonomy\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of mind [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of mind\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20mind%20%5BHPM%5D%22\"\u003eHPM\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":46007708680472,"sku":"9780521480451","price":80.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521480451i_ee856752-0a4b-49bf-bd31-8a8bf9b446a4.jpg?v=1691382927","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/liberation-from-self-a-theory-of-personal-autonomy-hardback-9780521480451","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}