Political Freedom: Pluralism, Unity, and the Civil Order

Preface
Contents
1 Introduction: The Good of Freedom
	Rationalist and Historicist Political Thought
	The Methodological Dilemma
	Freedom From and Freedom To
	Freedom and Its Theoretical Diaspora
		The Negative–Positive Freedom Debate
		The Liberal–Republican Freedom Dispute
		The Rationalist vs. Pluralist Freedom Question
		The Oppression vs. Slavery Issue
	The Journey Toward Political Freedom
	Bibliography
2 Agency and Social Ontology
	The Ontological Paradox
	Agency, Autonomy, and the Mystery of Action
	Agency and Social Theory
	Structuration and Ontological Conflation
	Reconciliation: Morphostasis and Morphogenesis
	Norm Circles
	Rules, Norms, and Social Practices
	Bibliography
3 The Metaphysics of Social Being
	Agency and Modernity
	The Internal Dialogue
	The Autonomy Thicket
	Strong Agency/Communal Autonomy
	Social Change and Group Mitosis
	Social Orders
	Bibliography
4 Personal Freedom: The Action Model
	Freedom and Action
	Freedom and Open Options
	Freedom, Action, and Restraint
	Freedom, Interests, and Desires
	Desire, Restraint, and Freedom
	Bibliography
5 Personal Freedom: The Culture Model
	Positive Freedom and Impermissible Action
	Coercion, Freedom, and Permissible Action
	Coercion
	IPR Conventions
	Personal Freedom
	The Good of Personal Freedom
	Freedom Complaints
	Bibliography
6 Political Freedom and Civil Order
	Social Theory and Normative Pluralism
	Social Stability and Political Practice
	The Liberal Principle
	The Morality of Political Freedom
		Prescriptive Reach
		Prescriptive Force
		Prescriptive Aim
	The Politics of Political Freedom
	Toleration, Morality, and Freedom
	Bibliography
7 Political Freedom and Social Justice
	Justice Thinking
	Justice Fields
	Civil Justice
	Socio-Economic Self-Determination and Equality
	Inclusion and Discrimination
	Forms of Discrimination
	Bibliography
Index