Conditions of Freedom Author:John Macmurray Conditions of Freedom was first published fifty years ago, years that have seen many political, social, and moral changes. Unusually timely, Macmurray's analysis of the conditions of freedom has lost nothing of its freshness nor of its relevance to our situation today. This brief book represented a significant stage in the development of Macmurr... more »ay's philosophy of the personal and remains to this day one of his most important works. Offering a challenging approach to the discussion of one of the central concepts in the life of Western civilization, Macmurray's suggestions about both the nature of freedom and the conditions under which we can hope to enjoy it should be of great interest to anyone who is concerned about the development of a social and political system within which personal values can still be safeguarded.« less