Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality

G. A. Cohen (All Souls College, Oxford), Jon Elster, John E. Roemer

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English

Cambridge University Press
25 December 1995

Social & political philosophy; Economic systems & structures

Series: Studies in Marxism and Social Theory

Defenders of capitalism claim that its inequality is the necessary price of the freedom that it guarantees. In that defense of capitalist inequality, freedom is self-ownership, the right of each person to do as he wishes with himself. The author shows that self-ownership fails to deliver the freedom it promises to secure. He thereby undermines the idea that lovers of freedom should embrace capitalism and the inequality that comes with it. In the final chapter he reaffirms the moral superiority of socialism, against the background of the disastrous Soviet experiment.

By: G. A. Cohen (All Souls College Oxford)
Series edited by: Jon Elster, John E. Roemer
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9780521471749
ISBN 10: 0521471745
Series: Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 25 December 1995
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality

' ... Cohen brings formidable analytical and forensic skills, and the book is an outstanding example of the intellectual gains to be won by clear and rigorous thinking about questions that are usually blanketed by idealogical fog.' David Miller, London Review of Books ' ... his book stands out among the many studies of electorial history ...'. Anarchist Studies