Alternatives to Freedom: Arguments and Opinions

ISBN-13: 9781138436107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

William L. Miller

Opis

This study explores the alternatives to freedom. It discusses the arguments of the following debates: freedom versus Parliament; freedom versus the national interest; freedom versus responsibility; freedom versus accountability; freedom versus equality and freedom versus the moral community.

Spis treści

Alternative values, William L. Miller.

Part 1 Freedom versus Parliament:
Argument - the case for a people's Bill of Rights,Lord Jenkins of Hillhead
Opinions - public opposition to Parliamentary sovereignty, William L. Miller, Annis May Timpson, Michael Lessnoff.

Part 2 Freedom versus the national interest:
Argument - the case for confidentiality in government,Lord Armstrong of Ilminster.
Opinions - public support for secrecy, William L. Miller, Annis May Timpson, Michael Lessnoff.

Part 3 Freedom versus responsibility.
Witness - the dangers of press power without responsibility, Fedor Burlatsky.
Opinions - public support for press censorship,William L. Miller, Annis May Timpson, Michael Lessnoff.

Part 4 Freedom versus accountability.
Witness - a media war of independence, Elemer Hankiss.
Opinions - public opposition to government control of the media, William L. Miller, Annis May Timpson, Michael Lessnoff.

Part 5 Freedom versus equality.
Argument- through equality to liberty, Roy Hattersley.
Opinions - public support for equality, William L. Miller et al.

Part 6 Freedom versus the moral community:
Argument - defining deviancy down, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Opinions - public tolerance of private freedom, William L. Miller, Annis May Timpson, Michael Lessnoff.
Conclusion: culture and constitution in conflict? William L. Miller.

O autorze

William L. Miller