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The Freedom Paradox: Towards A Post Secular Ethics
The Freedom Paradox is a radical reconsideration of the
meaning of freedom in the modern world.
Despite all the freedoms we now enjoy, the citizens of rich
countries do not appear to be the contented, creative and
flourishing individuals that were envisaged by the liberation
movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Nor has the extension of
political rights to all groups in society or free-market
libertarianism brought promised personal fulfilment. Instead, the
space created by the freedoms won has been filled by another form
of coercion, one that deprives people of a hitherto neglected form
of liberty.
In what will be seen as a highly controversial stance, Clive
Hamilton argues that our 'inner freedom', our very human capacity
for considered will, the very ethical basis of our society, has
been compromised by our relentless focus on impulse and immediate
gratification.
Drawing on the great metaphysical philosophers, Hamilton develops a
new ethics for our times. He argues that true inner freedom and
acting according to moral law are one and the same, and essential
to reaching psychological maturity.
The Freedom Paradox is a brave and challenging work which
goes to the heart of what it means to be human.
Clive Hamilton
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