Obedience is Freedom

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4934-4
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 138 mm, Gewicht: 238 g

The virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears?

In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to speak freely, their opinions policed by the implicit or explicit threat of coercion. Impending ecological disaster is the ultimate threat to our freedoms and wellbeing, and living in a disenchanted cosmos leaves people enslaved to nihilistic whim. Phillips shows that the antiquated notion of obedience to the moral law contains forgotten dimensions, which can be a source of freedom from these contemporary fetters. These dimensions of obedience – such as loyalty, discipline and order – protect people from falling prey to the subtle forms of coercion, control and domination of twenty-first-century life.

Fusing literary insight with philosophical discussion and cultural critique, Phillips demonstrates that in obedience lies the path to true freedom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, Jacob

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Allegiance

2 Loyalty

3 Deference

4 Honour

5 Obligation

6 Respect

7 Responsibility

8 Discipline

9 Duty

10 Authority

Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Jacob Phillips is Director of the Institute of Theology and Liberal Arts at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.