Becoming Free: Autonomy and Diversity in the Liberal Polity Emily R. Gill Hardcover

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As ethnic, racial, religious, and gender-based groups demand rights to pursue radically diverse lifestyles or maintain their cultural traditions, conflict seems inevitable, even in a free society. Government may offer remedies to social dilemmas -- such as affirmative action, curbs on immigration, or protection of gay rights -- but these may only fan the flames of resentment. Yet any society that tolerates and protects diversity is more likely to preserve the freedom to live one's life without interference. Emily Gill reexamines the liberal tradition to reconcile its core commitments to autonomy and diversity -- values that in theory are complementary but in practice are often at odds -- and to show that the interaction of these values determines how we as individuals become free. In Becoming Free, she argues that true freedom is enhanced through the promotion of diversity and the encouragement of rational reflection on the options it allows -- and that limited choice or ignorance di...

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