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Mariam Thalos

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Description:In "A Social Theory of Freedom," Mariam Thalos argues that the theory of human freedom should be a broadly social and political theory, rather than a theory that places itself in opposition to the issue of determinism. Thalos rejects the premise that a theory of freedom is fundamentally a theory of the metaphysics of constraint and, instead, lays out a political conception of freedom that is closely aligned with questions of social identity, self-development in contexts of intimate relationships, and social solidarity. Thalos argues that whether a person is free (in any context) depends upon a certain relationship of "fit" between that agent s conception of themselves (both present and future), on the one hand, and the facts of their circumstances, on the other. Since relationships of fit are broadly logical, freedom is a logic it is the logic of fit between one s aspirations and one s circumstances, what Thalos calls the "logic of agency." The logic of agency, once fleshed out, becomes a broadly social and political theory that encompasses one s self-conceptions as well as how these self-conceptions are generated, together with how they fit with the circumstances of one s life. The theory of freedom proposed in this volume is fundamentally a political one."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Social Theory of Freedom (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy). To get started finding A Social Theory of Freedom (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In "A Social Theory of Freedom," Mariam Thalos argues that the theory of human freedom should be a broadly social and political theory, rather than a theory that places itself in opposition to the issue of determinism. Thalos rejects the premise that a theory of freedom is fundamentally a theory of the metaphysics of constraint and, instead, lays out a political conception of freedom that is closely aligned with questions of social identity, self-development in contexts of intimate relationships, and social solidarity. Thalos argues that whether a person is free (in any context) depends upon a certain relationship of "fit" between that agent s conception of themselves (both present and future), on the one hand, and the facts of their circumstances, on the other. Since relationships of fit are broadly logical, freedom is a logic it is the logic of fit between one s aspirations and one s circumstances, what Thalos calls the "logic of agency." The logic of agency, once fleshed out, becomes a broadly social and political theory that encompasses one s self-conceptions as well as how these self-conceptions are generated, together with how they fit with the circumstances of one s life. The theory of freedom proposed in this volume is fundamentally a political one."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Social Theory of Freedom (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy). To get started finding A Social Theory of Freedom (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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