Freedom and Liberty (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William Benett

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133066194X ISBN 13 : 9781330661949

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Freedom and law, the balance that powers human progress
This book examines how freedom, rather than liberty alone, drives human development. It argues that a well-ordered society needs law to coordinate diverse impulses, while preserving individual liberty within the common good. The work also delves into how conscience, religion, and philosophy shape our understanding of freedom and responsibility.

In thoughtful chapters, the author contrasts two paths to freedom: personal development within a community and the broad aims of a nation. It discusses how principles like love, humility, and self-restraint interact with the demands of law, tradition, and social progress. The ideas draw on historical and religious perspectives to explore how freedom can coexist with order, and why conscience plays a central role in guiding action.

• Understand the tension between freedom, law, and social coordination.


• See how conscience and religion influence moral choice and progress.


• Explore how individual impulses and collective aims shape a free society.


• Gain a historical view of how early Christian thought influenced concepts of freedom and duty.

Ideal for readers interested in philosophy of liberty, political theory, and the religious and historical roots of modern ideas about freedom.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

July 1916 I published an essay under the title of Freedom. Its aim was purely ethical; that is, to show that, for the purposes of human evolution, each of the two opposites, law, or organic control, and liberty, or life, was of equal importance: that there can be no continued growth of the race as a whole without an equal growth of each of these conflicting principles. Beyond this conclusion I was unable to go. I recognized that as a system my philosophy was incomplete. It failed to provide the single final end without which the deduction of ethical values is impossible. But, at the time, I had little hope of carrying the inquiry further, and I published the results, as far as they went, in a cheap form, to preserve them from oblivion. In my previous writings I had indicated that the universal final end of ethics must be found in religion? and there only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133066194X
• ISBN 13: 9781330661949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
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