Excerpt from Freedom Under Planning
At the same time all freedoms have a common quality the quality, in fact, of freedom. If the discussion is to be practical and realistic, it is necessary to have a working notion of what this particular quality is. For the purpose of. This book, which is severely practical, freedom may be simply defined as ability to do what you want. Behind every word in that definition there lurks, admittedly, a mass of philosophic doubts and-subtleties. In practice one must turn a blind eye to these, and build on the assump tion that in ordinary life most people recognize the dif ference between ability to do what they want, and inability to do this. Lack' Of freedom, at all events, is unmistakable enough. Most of us know only too well the peculiar emotion Of frustration by which denial or depriva tion of freedom is accompanied.
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| ISBN: | 9781330458495 |
| Publication date: | 19th April 2018 |
| Author: | Barbara Wootton |
| Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory |
Excerpt from Freedom Under Planning
At the same time all freedoms have a common quality the quality, in fact, of freedom. If the discussion is to be practical and realistic, it is necessary to have a working notion of what this particular quality is. For the purpose of. This book, which is severely practical, freedom may be simply defined as ability to do what you want. Behind every word in that definition there lurks, admittedly, a mass of philosophic doubts and-subtleties. In practice one must turn a blind eye to these, and build on the assump tion that in ordinary life most people recognize the dif ference between ability to do what they want, and inability to do this. Lack' Of freedom, at all events, is unmistakable enough. Most of us know only too well the peculiar emotion Of frustration by which denial or depriva tion of freedom is accompanied.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Freedom Under Planning (Classic Reprint) features in the following genres: Political science and theory
Freedom Under Planning (Classic Reprint) is available in Paperback
Freedom Under Planning (Classic Reprint) was written by Barbara Wootton and published by Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd
Freedom Under Planning (Classic Reprint) has 190 pages