The Freedom Paradox: Towards a post-secular ethics

Acknowledgments  Preface  PART ONE Freedom reconsidered  1 The disappointment of liberalism    2 Rationale    3 Types of happiness     4 Freedom and happiness    5 Types of liberty    6 Inner freedom    7 Do we prefer what we choose?    8 Self-deception and akrasia    9 A digression on the ethic of consent    10 Exercising inner freedom    11 Subtle coercion    12 The decline of free will    13 From political philosophy to metaphysics    PART TWO Philosophical foundations  14 The need for metaphysics    15 Consciousness and the subject    16 Phenomenon and noumenon    17 The 'legislation for nature'    18 Scientific thinking    19 Knowing and being    20 Instances of non-sensible intuition    21 The noumenon and the Self    22 A digression on the existence of God   23 On death    PART THREE Towards a post-secular ethics  24 Modern moral anxiety    25 Moral relativism    26 Reconstructing a moral code    27 Rationalist ethics    28 Genuine philanthropy    29 The moral self    30 Emotions as judgments    31 Further thoughts    32 Avatars of virtue    33 Egoism and malice    34 Eternal justice    PART FOUR Moral judge or moral adviser?  35 Becoming good    36 The theory in practice    37 Suicide    38 Sex    39 Nature    PART FIVE Freedom rediscovered  40 The ground of inner freedom    41 Finding inner freedom    42 The individual and the collective    43 Aesthetics    44 Happiness reconsidered    45 The human condition    Notes    Index