Perversion of Autonomy - Coercion Constraints in a Liberal Society, Revised Expanded Edition

Klappentext Modern psychological and political theory meet head-on in this powerful re-evaluation of America's contradictory and sometimes dangerous addiction to individualism. Best-selling author Gaylin and co-author Jennings investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. They examine the painful abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order. Zusammenfassung Investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy! rights and public responsibility. This title examines the abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy! as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order.

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• Authors: Willard Gaylin, Willard Jennings Gaylin, Willard/ Jennings Gaylin, Gaylin Willard, Bruce Jennings, Bruce (Director of Bioethics Jennings, Willard Gaylin Md
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2003
• EAN: 9780878409068
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-906-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The Perversion of Autonomy; The Perversion of Autonomy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Soziale und ethische Themen, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Public health & preventive medicine, Social welfare and social services, Social and ethical issues, Public health and preventive medicine, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies