Philosophy
Freedom of the Individual. By Stuart Hampshire, University of Otago Press, 112 pp. This essay explores one aspect of the problem of human freedom. The author examines the relationship between the power to act and the desire to act, and distinguishes between different but mutually dependent kinds of self-knowledge. Human freedom is explained by the' difference between what the individual can discover and j observe about his thoughts, desires, emotions and interests i and what, stepping back to! reflect on these observed facts, he decides. The man who is relatively; free in the conduct of his life' is active in adopting his own attitudes and his decisions and intentions are the best guide as to his future actions. The self-knowledge of such a man, the author believes, is primarily of that kind that comes, not from observation and induction, but from making up his mind what his actions and attitudes are to be. Professor Hampshire held the de Carle lecturship at the University of Otago in 1964. This essay, based on the Open Lectures which he delivered at this time, will appeal in the main to professional philosophers.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31107, 9 July 1966, Page 4
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189Philosophy Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31107, 9 July 1966, Page 4
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