Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal

by Glenn Tinder

Liberty is a dangerous concept. It's sure to be misused and, if left unchecked, will likely bring not social harmony and happiness but their opposites. Nonetheless, liberty is absolutely necessary: without it there can be no authentic community. People are not free to do the right thing unless they are free to do the wrong thing; if they can't be wrong, they can't be right.

Thus does Glenn Tinder, in this provocative work, argue emphatically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802871224
• ISBN13: 9780802871220
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"