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A Theory of FreedomMay I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice

A Theory of Freedom: May I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice [Social freedom permits individuals to uniquely self-determine via simple and everyday activities and so the notion of choice is central. Therefore, the subject of social freedom is best understood as a choosing subject. If social freedom is exercised through choosing then the socially free person is one who can and does choose. The choosing subject experiences social freedom through choosing a disposition and life path; she may choose to wear make-up or not, to be a mom or not, to teach or be an astronaut, to be perky or serious or both. Unqualified choices do not signify social freedom; they need not be of a particular sort. Options need to be readily available for the subject to possess social freedom. For an individual to exercise social freedom, it is necessary for her to be a choosing subject. Choice—and choosing—is the first necessary condition for the possibility of social freedom.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Theory of FreedomMay I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice

Part of the Breaking Feminist Waves Book Series
Welch, Shay
A Theory of Freedom — Nov 9, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
ISBN
978-1-349-44203-4
Pages
53 –72
DOI
10.1057/9781137295026_4
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Abstract

[Social freedom permits individuals to uniquely self-determine via simple and everyday activities and so the notion of choice is central. Therefore, the subject of social freedom is best understood as a choosing subject. If social freedom is exercised through choosing then the socially free person is one who can and does choose. The choosing subject experiences social freedom through choosing a disposition and life path; she may choose to wear make-up or not, to be a mom or not, to teach or be an astronaut, to be perky or serious or both. Unqualified choices do not signify social freedom; they need not be of a particular sort. Options need to be readily available for the subject to possess social freedom. For an individual to exercise social freedom, it is necessary for her to be a choosing subject. Choice—and choosing—is the first necessary condition for the possibility of social freedom.]

Published: Nov 9, 2015

Keywords: Choice Situation; Adaptive Preference; Choose Subject; Life Path; Perspectival Identity

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