Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

General Introduction

xvii

Part I Negative and Positive Freedom

1(80)

Introduction

3(3)

from Leviathan (1651)

6(2)

Thomas Hobbes

from Of Laws in General (1782)

8(1)

Jeremy Bentham

from The Social Contract (1762)

9(3)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

from The Metaphysics of Morals (1797)

12(3)

Immanuel Kant

from ``The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with That of the Moderns'' (1819)

15(6)

Benjamin Constant

from The Philosophy of Right (1821)

21(5)

G. W. F. Hegel

from ``On the Jewish Question'' (1844)

26(2)

Karl Marx

from On the Different Senses of 'Freedom' as Applied to Will and to the Moral Progress of Man and Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation (1882)

28(6)

Thomas Hill Green

from The History of European Liberalism (1925)

34(5)

Guido De Ruggiero

from ``Two Concepts of Liberty'' (1969)

39(20)

Isaiah Berlin

from ``On Liberty and the Real Will'' (1970)

59(11)

J. P. Day

from ``Negative and Positive Freedom'' (1967)

70(9)

Gerald C. MacCallum, Jr.

from A Theory of Justice (1971)

79(2)

John Rawls

Part II Freedom, Government, and Arbitrary Power

81(42)

Introduction

83(3)

from Discourses (1531)

86(4)

Nicolo Machiavelli

from Leviathan (1651)

90(2)

Thomas Hobbes

from The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656)

92(1)

James Harrington

from Two Treatises of Government (1690)

93(1)

John Locke

from The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

94(2)

Charles de Secondat

from ``Two Concepts of Liberty'' (1969)

96(8)

Isaiah Berlin

from The Constitution of Liberty (1960)

104(6)

F. A. Hayek

from Republicanism (1997)

110(10)

Philip Pettit

from Liberty before Liberalism (1998)

120(3)

Quentin Skinner

Part III Freedom and the Mind

123(64)

Introduction

125(3)

from Leviathan (1651)

128(1)

Thomas Hobbes

from On Liberty (1859)

129(2)

J. S. Mill

from Four Essays on Liberty (1969)

131(2)

Isaiah Berlin

from ``On Liberty and the Real Will'' (1987)

133(1)

J. P. Day

from ``On Negative and Positive Liberty'' (1980)

134(4)

John Gray

from ``Freedom and Desire'' (1985)

138(10)

Richard J. Arneson

from ``Liberalism and Individual Positive Freedom'' (1991)

148(5)

John Christman

from ``What's Wrong with Negative Liberty'' (1979)

153(10)

Charles Taylor

from ``One Concept of Liberty'' (1987)

163(3)

Christopher Megone

from The Philosophy and Politics of Freedom (1987)

166(10)

Richard E. Flathman

from The Quality of Freedom (2003)

176(11)

Matthew H. Kramer

Part IV Freedom and Morality

187(62)

Introduction

189(2)

from Two Treatises of Government (1690)

191(1)

John Locke

from Political Concepts (1981)

192(7)

Felix E. Oppenheim

from The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)

199(3)

William E. Connolly

from Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974)

202(3)

Robert Nozick

from ``Illusions about Private Property and Freedom'' (1981)

205(3)

G. A. Cohen

from ``Being Free to Act, and Being a Free Man'' (1971)

208(8)

S. I. Benn

W. L. Weinstein

from ``Constraints on Freedom'' (1983)

216(9)

David Miller

from ``'Constraints on Freedom' as a Descriptive Concept'' (1985)

225(4)

Felix E. Oppenheim

from ``Reply to Oppenheim'' (1985)

229(4)

David Miller

from Social Freedom (1996)

233(7)

Kristjan Kristjansson

from The Philosophy and Politics of Freedom (1987)

240(2)

Richard E. Flathman

from An Essay on Rights (1994)

242(3)

Hillel Steiner

from The Quality of Freedom (2003)

245(4)

Matthew H. Kramer

Part V Coercion

249(72)

Introduction

251(3)

from The Constitution of Liberty (1960)

254(7)

F. A. Hayek

from ``Coercion'' (1969)

261(17)

Robert Nozick

from Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974)

278(2)

Robert Nozick

from Self-ownership, Freedom, and Equality (1995)

280(3)

G. A. Cohen

from An Essay on Rights (1994)

283(10)

Hillel Steiner

from ``Coercive Wage Offers'' (1981)

293(5)

David Zimmerman

from Freedom: A Coherence Theory (1992)

298(6)

Christine Swanton

from Coercion, Freedom, and Exploitation (1989)

304(5)

Michael J. Gorr

from Coercion (1987)

309(6)

Alan Wertheimer

from Liberty, Desert, and the Market (2004)

315(6)

Serena Olsaretti

Part VI Autonomy

321(30)

Introduction

323(3)

from A Theory of Freedom (1988)

326(7)

Stanley I. Benn

from The Theory and Practice of Autonomy (1988)

333(5)

Gerald Dworkin

from ``Autonomy, Coherence, and Independence'' (1992)

338(7)

Onora O'Neill

from ``Women's Work and Sex Roles'' (1984)

345(5)

Janice Moulton

Francine Rainone

from The German Ideology (1846)

350(1)

Karl Marx

Friedrich Engels

Part VII Freedom, Ability, and Economic Inequality

351(30)

Introduction

353(3)

from The Constitution of Liberty (1960)

356(2)

F. A. Hayek

from Freedom and the Law (1961)

358(4)

Bruno Leoni

from The Ethics of Liberty (1982)

362(3)

Murray N. Rothbard

from A Theory of Justice (1971)

365(1)

John Rawls

from Real Freedom for All (1995)

366(4)

Philippe Van Parijs

from Self-ownership, Freedom, and Equality (1995)

370(6)

G. A. Cohen

from Inequality Reexamined (1992)

376(5)

Amartya Sen

Part VIII Liberalism and the Value of Freedom

381(60)

Introduction

383(3)

from On Liberty (1859)

386(3)

J. S. Mill

from On Liberty (1859)

389(3)

J. S. Mill

from The Poverty of Historicism (1957)

392(4)

Karl R. Popper

from The Constitution of Liberty (1960)

396(7)

F. A. Hayek

from ``Two Concepts of Liberty'' (1969)

403(4)

Isaiah Berlin

from Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (2001)

407(6)

John Rawls