A Theory of Freedom

Feminism and the Social Contract

S. Welch (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

193 Seiten

2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-03486-1 (ISBN)

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This book offers a liberatory conception of individual freedom that uniquely responds to the problems of social oppression and demands of the interrelatedness insofar as it pertains specifically to the social domain of activity.

Shay Welch is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Spelman College, USA.

1. Social Contract Theory and Social Freedom: Entering the Feminist Debate 2. Defining the Domain: Freedom and Oppression in the Social Sphere 3. Enhancing Social Freedom through the Values of Friendship 4. May I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice 5. Blending Positive and Negative Liberty for the Social Group 6. The Feminist Standoff: Reviving Consent for Individual Freedom 7. Replacing Obligation with Commitment: A Responsible Voluntarism 8. Moral Progress through Cooperative Social Critique 9. Social Stability through Collectivity and Transparent Trust

Reihe/Serie	Breaking Feminist Waves
Zusatzinfo	XI, 193 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-03486-6 / 1137034866
ISBN-13	978-1-137-03486-1 / 9781137034861
Zustand	Neuware