On Freedom / / Cass R. Sunstein.
From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means-and requires-todayIn this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom. He shows that freedom of choice isn't nearly enough. To b...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Bitten Apples -- Chapter 1: What the Hell Is Water? -- Chapter 2: Navigability -- Chapter 3: Self- Control -- Chapter 4: Happy Either Way -- Epilogue: "Through Eden Took Their Solitary Way" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes |
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Summary: | From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means-and requires-todayIn this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom. He shows that freedom of choice isn't nearly enough. To be free, we must also be able to navigate life. People often need something like a GPS device to help them get where they want to go-whether the issue involves health, money, jobs, children, or relationships.In both rich and poor countries, citizens often have no idea how to get to their desired destination. That is why they are unfree. People also face serious problems of self-control, as many of them make decisions today that can make their lives worse tomorrow. And in some cases, we would be just as happy with other choices, whether a different partner, career, or place to live-which raises the difficult question of which outcome best promotes our well-being.Accessible and lively, and drawing on perspectives from the humanities, religion, and the arts, as well as social science and the law, On Freedom explores a crucial dimension of the human condition that philosophers and economists have long missed-and shows what it would take to make freedom real. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780691192024 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610130 9783110606485 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780691192024?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Cass R. Sunstein. |