Liberation from Self : A Theory of Personal Autonomy

Name: Liberation from Self
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521480451
Price: 16900 KES
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ISBN: 9780521480451

by Bernard Berofsky

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0521480450

ISBN-13 9780521480451

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 29th, 1995

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 576 grams

Dimensions 16.30 x 23.60 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind

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Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy originating in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions.

This is a detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy. Moreover it argues for a quite different conception of autonomy from that found in the philosophical literature. Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy originating in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions. A sustained critique of concepts such as moral autonomy, self-realisation, ideal autonomy, and identification is offered. The author replaces these with an alternative model that reveals how spontaneity, vitality and competence enable human beings to act in the real world.

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