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Book SynopsisCollects 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 ContentsIntroduction, 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.
