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a philosoph\ of freedom Also by Lars Svendsen and published by Reaktion Books: Fashion: A Philosophy A Philosophy of Boredom A Philosophy of Fear A Philosophy of Freedom Lars Svendsen reaktion books Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 33Great Sutton Street London ec1v 0dx, uk www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published in English 2014 English-language translation by Kerri Pierce © Reaktion Books 2014 This book was first published in Norwegian in 2013by Universitetsforlaget as under the title Frihetens filosofiby Lars Fr. Svendsen Copyright © Universitetsforlaget 2013 This translation has been published with the financial assistance of norla All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers Printed and bound by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library isbn978 1 78023 370 3 Contents Foreword 9 Introduction 13 part i The Ontology of Freedom 1 To Act Voluntarily 25 2 Freedom and Determinism 33 3 Reactive and Objective Attitudes 67 4 Autonomy 76 part ii The Politics of Freedom 5 The Liberal Democracy 91 6 Positive and Negative Freedom 101 7 A Republican Concept of Freedom 120 8 Freedom and Equality 131 9 Liberal Rights 161 10 Paternalism 173 11 Informational Privacy 194 12 Freedom of Expression 205 part iii The Ethics of Freedom 13 Realizing Freedom 219 Afterword 241 references 245 bibliography 275 acknowledgements 287 The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and aware- ness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day. David Foster Wallace
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