Abstract
The language of freedom is scrutinised in the analytic mode by Professor Wertheimer. He explores the relationship between (essentially empirical) assessments of social freedom and (normative) social theory. An entirely value-free concept of social freedom cannot be had, he argues. The determination of what acts constitute deprivations of freedom involves normative considerations. Disputes over the extent of freedom present in a particular case are thus often disputes over values. Throughout, Wertheimer nicely explicates the predictive element in assessment of social freedom statements: do statements about freedom involve prediction of what would happen or merely observation of existing conditions?
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