Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World

by Philip Pettit

Book Overview

In this rigorous distillation of his political philosophy, Philip Pettit, author of the landmark work Republicanism, champions a simple standard for our most complex political judgments, offering a challenging ideal that nevertheless holds out a real prospect for social and democratic progress.

Whereas many thinkers define freedom as the absence of interference--we are left alone to do as we please--Pettit demands that in their basic life choices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393063976
• ISBN13: 9780393063974
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"