Autonomy, Freedom and Rights : A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity (Law and Philosophy Library)

Autonomy, Freedom and Rights : A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity (Law and Philosophy Library)

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Autonomy, viewed as a subject's autonomous designing of her own distinctive 'individuality', is not a constitutive problem for liberal theory. Since its earliest formulations, liberalism has taken it for granted that protecting rights is a sufficient guarantee for the primacy of individual subjectivity. The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. For Santoro freedom is not a fixed measure. It is not the container of powers and rights defining an individual's role and identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality. Freedom is everything that each of us manages to be in his or her active and uncertain opposition to external 'pressures'.

Autonomy, Freedom and Rights : A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity (Law and Philosophy Library),Emilio Santoro,Springer,140201404X,Autonomy (Psychology),Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Free Will & Determinism,General,Individuality,Law,Liberalism,Liberty,Philosophy,Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,Philosophy / General

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