University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Individual Freedom and Social Cooperation: Rousseau and a Basic Problem for Moral and Political Philosophy
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis thesis examines Rousseau's attempt to reconcile individual freedom and the need for social cooperation. In his account of human social development, Rousseau describes three stages in which he considers human beings to be free: the state of nature, the primitive family, and the ideal civil society. An examination of the stages brings out a number of factors that are important for discussions of individual freedom. The factors range from the absence of restrictions by others, to self-government, to having options. Each factor has been proclaimed by some philosophers as the essence of social and political freedom. I argue that to adequately capture what is involved with such freedom, the factors must be considered together.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Philosophy
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Lombardi, Louis Guido
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8017974
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68407