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On Ordered Liberty
A Treatise on the Free Society
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2003
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Perhaps no issue is more divisive among philosophers, jurists and theologians than the nature of human liberty. Liberty is central to the claims of the Christian Gospel, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the American Revolution. But discussions about the nature of freedom have been characterized by profound disagreement and unsettling questions. What does it mean to be free? Is freedom worth more than mens' lives? Why should man be free? What, if any, legitmate responsibilities accompany freedom? These subjects are that the heart of Samuel Gregg's new book On Ordered Liberty. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law theorists, Gregg suggests that something which he terms 'integral law' must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. He argues that this new arrangement requires a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas on the grounds that they are incompatable with human nature. He also recommends a new and more rigorous focus on the basic but often neglected-question: what is man? On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society.
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Copyright year
2003
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0668-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5840-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
127
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CONTENTS No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1. The Case for Liberty No access Pages 1 - 12
2. Contra Ratio: John Stuart Mill No access Pages 13 - 28
3. The Drama of Human Freedom No access Pages 29 - 50
4. Law and Liberty No access Pages 51 - 68
5. Whither the State? No access Pages 69 - 88
6. Little Platoons No access Pages 89 - 104
7. Reflections of a "Catholic Whig" No access Pages 105 - 120
