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Collects and introduces some of the most important and insightful essays written in the past century by philosophers, political theorists and other thinkers who have reflected on the nature of liberty.

Table of Contents
Introduction, David Miller; 1. Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract, T. H. Green; 2. Two Concepts of Liberty, Isaiah Berlin; 3. Freedom and Politics, Hannah Arendt; 4. Freedom and Coercion, F. A. Hayek; 5. Negative and Positive Freedom, Gerald C. MacCallum Jr; 6. Individual Liberty, Hillel Steiner; 7. What's Wrong with Negative Liberty, Charles Taylor; 8. Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat, G. A. Cohen; 9. Constraints on Freedom, David Miller; 10. Towards a Feminist Theory of Freedom, Nancy Hirschmann; 11. The Republican Ideal of Freedom, Philip Pettit; 12. A Third Concept of Liberty, Quentin Skinner; Notes on Authors; Select Bibliography.

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780748624850, 978-0748624850
      ISBN10: 0748624856
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Collects and introduces some of the most important and insightful essays written in the past century by philosophers, political theorists and other thinkers who have reflected on the nature of liberty.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction, David Miller; 1. Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract, T. H. Green; 2. Two Concepts of Liberty, Isaiah Berlin; 3. Freedom and Politics, Hannah Arendt; 4. Freedom and Coercion, F. A. Hayek; 5. Negative and Positive Freedom, Gerald C. MacCallum Jr; 6. Individual Liberty, Hillel Steiner; 7. What's Wrong with Negative Liberty, Charles Taylor; 8. Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat, G. A. Cohen; 9. Constraints on Freedom, David Miller; 10. Towards a Feminist Theory of Freedom, Nancy Hirschmann; 11. The Republican Ideal of Freedom, Philip Pettit; 12. A Third Concept of Liberty, Quentin Skinner; Notes on Authors; Select Bibliography.

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