The Origins Of Liberty
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Author | : David Schmidtz |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2011-09-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1444358790 |
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Through a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, A Brief History of Liberty provides a comprehensive, philosophically-informed portrait of the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals. Offers a succinct yet thorough survey of personal freedom Explores the true meaning of liberty, drawing philosophical lessons about liberty from history Considers the writings of key historical figures from Socrates and Erasmus to Hobbes, Locke, Marx, and Adam Smith Combines philosophical rigor with social scientific analysis Argues that liberty refers to a range of related but specific ideas rather than limiting the concept to one definition
Author | : Paul W. Drake |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1998-04-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780691057552 |
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Why would sovereigns ever grant political or economic liberty to their subjects? This book draws on a wide array of empirical and theoretical approaches to answer this question, investigating both why sovereign powers might liberalize and also when. Chapters cover topics as diverse as 17th-century England, 20th-century Chile, and why even democratic governments see a need to reduce state power.
Author | : Ellis Sandoz |
Publisher | : Amagi Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780865977099 |
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The Roots of Liberty is a critical collection of essays on the origin and nature of the often elusive idea of the nature of liberty. Throughout this book, the original and thought-provoking views from scholars J C Holt, Christopher W Brooks, Paul Christianson, and John Phillip Reid offer insights into the development of English ideas of liberty and the relationship those ideas hold to modern conceptions of rule of law. Ellis Sandoz's introduction details Fortescue's vision of the constitution and places each of the essays in historiographical context. Corrine C. Weston's spirited epilogue evaluates the essays' arguments.
Author | : David Hackett Fischer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195162530 |
Download Liberty and Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The bestselling author of "Washington's Crossing" and "Albion's Seed" offers a strikingly original history of America's founding principles. Fischer examines liberty and freedom not as philosophical or political abstractions, but as folkways and popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture. 400+ illustrations, 250 in full color.
Author | : Robert Louis Wilken |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : Freedom of religion |
ISBN | : 0300226632 |
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From one of the leading historians of Christianity comes this sweeping reassessment of religious freedom, from the church fathers to John Locke In the ancient world Christian apologists wrote in defense of their right to practice their faith in the cities of the Roman Empire. They argued that religious faith is an inward disposition of the mind and heart and cannot be coerced by external force, laying a foundation on which later generations would build. Chronicling the history of the struggle for religious freedom from the early Christian movement through the seventeenth century, Robert Louis Wilken shows that the origins of religious freedom and liberty of conscience are religious, not political, in origin. They took form before the Enlightenment through the labors of men and women of faith who believed there could be no justice in society without liberty in the things of God. This provocative book, drawing on writings from the early Church as well as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, reminds us of how "the meditations of the past were fitted to affairs of a later day."
Author | : John Phillip Reid |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780226708966 |
Download The Concept of Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Liberty was the most cherished right possessed by English-speaking people in the eighteenth century. It was both an ideal for the guidance of governors and a standard with which to measure the constitutionality of government; both a cause of the American Revolution and a purpose for drafting the United States Constitution; both an inheritance from Great Britain and a reason republican common lawyers continued to study the law of England." As John Philip Reid goes on to make clear, "liberty" did not mean to the eighteenth-century mind what it means today. In the twentieth century, we take for granted certain rights—such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press—with which the state is forbidden to interfere. To the revolutionary generation, liberty was preserved by curbing its excesses. The concept of liberty taught not what the individual was free to do but what the rule of law permitted. Ultimately, liberty was law—the rule of law and the legalism of custom. The British constitution was the charter of liberty because it provided for the rule of law. Drawing on an impressive command of the original materials, Reid traces the eighteenth-century notion of liberty to its source in the English common law. He goes on to show how previously problematic arguments involving the related concepts of licentiousness, slavery, arbitrary power, and property can also be fit into the common-law tradition. Throughout, he focuses on what liberty meant to the people who commented on and attempted to influence public affairs on both sides of the Atlantic. He shows the depth of pride in liberty—English liberty—that pervaded the age, and he also shows the extent—unmatched in any other era or among any other people—to which liberty both guided and motivated political and constitutional action.
Author | : Benedetto Croce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anthony Gill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2007-10-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521848145 |
Download The Political Origins of Religious Liberty Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Throughout history, governments have attempted to control religious organizations and limit religious freedom. However, over the past two hundred years the world has witnessed an expansion of religious liberty. What explains this rise in religious freedom? Anthony Gill argues that political leaders are more likely to allow religious freedom when such laws affect their ability to stay in power, and/or when religious freedoms are seen to enhance the economic well-being of their country.
Author | : Benedetto Croce |
Publisher | : Scholarly Pub Office Univ of |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781597403443 |
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Author | : Timothy Aalders |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2021-01-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781647015022 |
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The biggest question we face as a nation and even as a world is, Where our liberty comes from? Now governments throughout the world want us to believe it comes from them because then they can easily take it away from us. The Founders of America made numerous statements that America, its Constitution, and Bill of Rights originated through Gods inspiration. One may ask why is this important. This question determines if we are all equal under divine rule or can be made less under mans rule, this book traces liberty back to before America was created back to the earliest days of the Bible. This book puts into perspective how everyone was born free, and with that knowledge, you can see how governments have manipulated us into accepting their rule. Although this book cannot show you everything about libertys birth, it will give you a start and hopefully open your minds to further research yourself.