Abstract
Freedom has a history Freedom is one of the most intractable philosophical problems in the Western philosophical tradition. Indeed, there is a way in which the history of Western philosophy can be written in terms of the different attempts that have been made to define freedom. The history of ethics, without question, has been determined by how freedom has been defined. In the West, since the ancient Greeks, what we take to be human, or rather, the humanity of humans, has been defined in terms of freedom. Humans are free animals, the argument goes, whereas other animals are unfree because they are determined by instinct.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Michel Foucault |
Subtitle of host publication | Key Concepts |
Publisher | Acumen Publishing Limited |
Pages | 111-124 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781844654734 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781844652341 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities