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Counterfactual Success and Negative Freedom

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dc.contributor.authorDowding, Keith
dc.contributor.authorvan Hees, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:33:11Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T10:28:23Z
dc.description.abstractRecent theories of negative freedom see it as a value-neutral concept; the definition of freedom should not be in terms of specific moral values. Specifically, preferences or desires do not enter into the definition of freedom. If preferences should so enter then Berlin's problem that a person may enhance their freedom by changing their preferences emerges. This paper demonstrates that such a preference-free conception brings its own counterintuitive problems. It concludes that these problems might be avoided if the description of the constraints which specify an agent's lack of freedom include the intentions of those who constrain the agents.
dc.identifier.issn0266-2671
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/23140
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceEconomics and Philosophy
dc.titleCounterfactual Success and Negative Freedom
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage162
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage141
local.contributor.affiliationDowding, Keith, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationvan Hees, Martin, University of Groningen
local.contributor.authoruidDowding, Keith, u4458840
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160609 - Political Theory and Political Philosophy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4317071xPUB25
local.identifier.citationvolume23
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0266267107001344
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-34547595425
local.type.statusPublished Version

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