Richard J. Hull

Deprivation and Freedom (eBook, PDF)

A Philosophical Enquiry

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Produktbeschreibung

Deprivation and Freedom investigates the key issues of social deprivation and human freedom. This comprehensive yet refreshingly simple book is vitally important and philosophically interesting, providing rigorous examination of a number of central themes and distinctions in ethical and political theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135197247
• Artikelnr.: 42830279

Autorenporträt

Richard J. Hull is Lecturer in Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1 PART ONE: DEPRIVATION AND FREEDOM 10
Chapter 1 Relative Social Deprivation 10 Chapter 2 Disability as Social
Deprivation 31 Chapter 3 Deprivation as a Restriction of Freedom 50 PART
TWO: METHODS OF EVASION 93 Chapter 4 The Doing/Allowing Distinction 95
Chapter 5 Knowledge and Intention 105 Chapter 6 Consequences, Duties and
Rights 126 Chapter 7 Applications 143 Chapter 8 Nozick's Retort: Natural
assets and arbitrariness 157 Chapter 9 An Argument from Democracy 175 PART
THREE: AUGMENTING REASON 191 Chapter 10 Nietzsche's Thought Experiment: The
idea of eternal 195 recurrence Chapter 11 The Role of Genealogy 215 Chapter
12 Other Ways of Seeing 231 Bibliography 252