Freedom and Community / / Yves R. Simon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Simon, Yves R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Kennedy, Eugene,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Acknowledgments --; Editor's Preface --; 1 Freedom in Daily Life --; 2 Liberty and Authority --; 3 Freedom and Community --; 4 Autonomy and Authority --; 5 Political Society --; 6 Pessimism and the Philosophy of Progress --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823295586; 9783111189604; 9783110707298
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823295586
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Yves R. Simon.

The theory of liberty here propounded by Simon, along with his analysis of authority, democracy, and practical wisdom, contains the elements of a political philosophy that can provide direction to other contemporary political theorists of our times. While the latter have gathered great masses of political facts, they have lacked a normative set of ideas that can make these facts meaningful and useful to political society. Simon’s position as a philosopher rather than as a political scientist, is that while there is a science of social and political facts, a normative moral philosophy that knows the ends of human action is necessary because people make good or bad use of their freedom. As always, Simon here writes with a lucidity and moderation that will be satisfying to reasonable people looking for a way out of skepticism and uncertainty. He was no dogmatist, but he knew what he knew and what he did not know. This is the beginning of wisdom and a model for philosophers.