Overview
This book is open access
Shows that liberty is by no means tantamount to license and irresponsible, self-centred behaviour
First philosophically coherent inclusion of the concerns for social, moral, and ecological sustainability into freedom theory
Shows how both camps of liberal philosophers have and can recapture common ground in defending the model of the open society
Draws attention to the qualitative concerns which and whose opportunities society should foster
Broadens the current discussion on freedom for intercultural contributions
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Open Access
- Autonomy in Cosmopolitan Responsibility
- Qualitative Freedom
- Freedom and Everyday Life
- Concept of Freedom
- Neoclassical Paradigm
- Legal and Political Philosophy
- Economic and Social Philosophy
- Genesis of the Neo-Liberal Concept of Freedom
- Freedom of Nature and of Humanity
- Procedural Policy in Global Responsibility
- Epistemology and Metaphysics of Law
- Social Philosophy
- Economic Philosophy
- Theories of Freedom
- Metaphysical Theories of Freedom
- Freedom and Academic Philosophy
- Freedom for all world citizens
- Renewing Liberalism
- New Liberalism
About this book
In the light of growing political and religious fundamentalism, this open access book defends the idea of freedom as paramount for the attempt to find common ethical ground in the age of globality. The book sets out to examine as yet unexhausted ways to boost the resilience of the principle of liberalism. Critically reviewing the last 200 years of the philosophy of freedom, it revises the principle of liberty in order to revive it. It discusses many different aspects that fall under its three main topics: the metaphysics of freedom, quantitative freedom and qualitative freedom.
Open societies worldwide have come under increasing pressure in the last decades. The belief that politics and markets fare best when guided by the principle of liberty presently faces multiple challenges such as terrorism, climate warming, inequality, populism, and financial crises. In the view of its critics, the idea of freedom no longer offers adequate guidance to meet these challenges and should be partially corrected or even entirely replaced by countervailing values. Against the reduction of freedom to the merely quantitative question as to how much liberties individuals call their own, this book draws attention to the qualitative concerns which and whose opportunities society should foster. It argues that, correctly understood, the idea of liberty commits us to defend as well as advance the freedom of each and every world citizen.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Prof. Dr. Claus Dierksmeier is Professor for Globalization Ethics at the University of Tübingen in Germany. His areas of expertise and academic work include political, economic, and religious philosophy with a particular focus on the theories of freedom and responsibility in the age of globality.
Recent book publications include:
Qualitative Freiheit: Selbstbestimmung in weltbürgerlicher Verantwortung
Reframing Economic Ethics: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Qualitative Freedom - Autonomy in Cosmopolitan Responsibility
Authors: Claus Dierksmeier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04723-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04722-1Published: 29 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04723-8Published: 18 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 365
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social Philosophy