Liberation from Self: A Theory of Personal Autonomy

ISBN-13: 9780521480451 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 288 str.

Bernard Berofsky

Opis

This is the most detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy currently available. Moreover it argues for a quite different conception of autonomy from that found in the philosophical literature. Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy as origination in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions.

Recenzje

"Berofsky's work is an important addition to this literature. It offers a provocative new theory of autonomy while critically discussing much of the extant literature and challenging many common assumptions. It is a book that no one interested in the topic of autonomy can afford to ignore...this book is an impressive addition to the growing literature on autonomy. It is packed with imaginative examples and arguments that challenge all existing views, and it presents an original conception of autonomy that must be taken into account by anyone who writes on the subject in future." Robert Kane, The Philosophical Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Freedom and autonomy; 3. Freedom of action; 4. Agent freedom; 5. Values and the self; 6. Autonomy and rationality; 7. Rationality, values and integrity; 8. The liberation theory of autonomy: objectivity; 9. The liberation theory of autonomy: the place of self; 10. The value of autonomy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.