A Theory of Freedom: Feminism and the Social Contract (Breaking Feminist Waves)

This book offers a liberatory conception of individual freedom that uniquely responds to the problems of social oppression and demands of the interrelatedness insofar as it pertains specifically to the social domain of activity. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Social Contract Theory and Social Freedom: Entering the Feminist Debate....Pages 1-17 Defining the Domain: Freedom and Oppression in the Social Sphere....Pages 19-35 Enhancing Social Freedom through the Values of Friendship....Pages 37-52 May I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice....Pages 53-72 Blending Positive and Negative Liberty for the Social Group....Pages 73-81 The Feminist Standoff: Reviving Consent for Individual Freedom....Pages 83-110 Replacing Obligation with Commitment: A Responsible Voluntarism....Pages 111-126 Moral Progress through Cooperative Social Critique....Pages 127-142 Social Stability through Collectivity and Transparent Trust....Pages 143-164 Back Matter....Pages 165-193 This theory reconceives the commonly assumed necessary and sufficient conditions for freedom within the social contract tradition in specifically social terms to respond to feminist critiques to social contract theory regarding problems of oppression for freedom.