Autonomy, Freedom and Rights [electronic resource] : A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity / by Emilio Santoro.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789401708234
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/7161
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2003.
Yayın Bilgisi
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Fiziksel Niteleme
X, 294 p. online resource.
Dizi
Law and Philosophy Library, 2215-0315 ; 65
İçindekiler Notu
1. Individual Autonomy and Freedom -- 2. A Genealogical Approach -- 3. Neo-Contractarianism and the Double Order of Desires -- Conclusion -- References.
Özet, vb.
Autonomy, viewed as a subject's autonomous designing of her own distinctive 'individuality', is not a constitutive problem for liberal theory. Since its earliest formulations, liberalism has taken it for granted that protecting rights is a sufficient guarantee for the primacy of individual subjectivity. The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. For Santoro freedom is not a fixed measure. It is not the container of powers and rights defining an individual's role and identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality. Freedom is everything that each of us manages to be in his or her active and uncertain opposition to external 'pressures'.
Konu
Law __ Philosophy.
Political science.
Law __ History.
Philosophy.
Philosophy of Law.
Political Science.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
Philosophy.