Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal

Tinder, Glenn

ISBN 10: 080280392X / ISBN 13: 9780802803924

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 2007

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407 pp. Tightly bound. Just the very tip of two corners with a light, minor ding. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. First Printing / First Printing. 7,6,5,4,3,2,1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080280392X
• ISBN 13: 9780802803924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Liberty is a dangerous concept. It's sure to be misused and, if left unchecked, will likely bring not social harmony and happiness but their opposites. Nonetheless, liberty is absolutely necessary: without it there can be no authentic community. People are not free to do the right thing unless they are free to do the wrong thing; if they can't be wrong, they can't be right.
Thus does Glenn Tinder argue emphatically for "negative liberty" - the liberty that wants primarily to be left alone, with the authorities interfering as little as possible in the lives of people - and against "positive liberty" - a liberty that seeks to guide people into a "fulfilling" life.
The substance of Tinder's book lies at the intersection of several major themes - communication, human fallenness, the necessity of liberty, standing alone, and eschatology - each considered in light of learning what liberty truly is and how it affects the world at large.

About the Author

Glenn Tinder is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.