Sign-In
Cart
The Conflict Between Liberty and Equality
Hardcover
PhilosophyGeneral Political Science
ISBN13: 9781025565910
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Conflict Between Liberty and Equality is a profound exploration of the inherent tensions that define modern democratic societies. Arthur Twining Hadley delves into the historical and philosophical struggle between the pursuit of individual freedom and the collective drive for social and economic uniformity. The work examines how these two core ideals, while both fundamental to democratic governance, often operate at cross-purposes, creating a complex dynamic that shapes law, public policy, and social progress.
Through a series of insightful analyses, the author traces the evolution of democratic institutions and the shifting priorities of the public. He argues that the balance between liberty and equality is not a static state but a continuous negotiation that requires careful intellectual and moral consideration. This volume remains a significant contribution to political science and social philosophy, offering a timeless perspective on the challenges of maintaining a free society while addressing the demands for parity. Readers interested in the foundations of democracy, constitutional theory, and the history of political thought will find Hadley's analysis both rigorous and enduringly relevant to contemporary debates on the nature of justice and the role of the state.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
4 different editions
Also available
Also from
Hadley, Arthur Twining
The Relations Between Freedom And Responsibility In The Evolution Of Democratic Government
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 13
Adams, George Burton
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 15
Adams, George Burton
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 14
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Adams, George Burton
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 19
Adams, George Burton
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 10
Adams, George Burton
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
Le Transport Par Les Chemins De Fer: Histoire -- Législation
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Rafalovich, Arthur Germanovich
Paperback
Economics: An Account of the Relations Between Private Property and Public Welfare
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review, Volume 5
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Adams, George Burton
Schwab, John Christopher
Hardcover
Railway Transportation: A History of Its Economics and of Its Relation to the State, Based, With the Author's Permission, Upon President Hadle
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Raper, Charles Lee
Paperback
The Yale Review; Volume 8
Schwab, John Christopher
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Adams, George Burton
Paperback
Undercurrents In American Politics, Comprising The Ford And The Barbour-page Lectures
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
Economic Problems of Democracy: Being Lectures Given at British Universities in April and May 1922, Under the Foundation of the Sir George Watson, Cha
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
Economic Problems of Democracy: Being Lectures Given at British Universities in April and May 1922, Under the Foundation of the Sir George Watson, Cha
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
Railway Transportation: A History of Its Economics and of Its Relation to the State, Based, With the Author's Permission, Upon President Hadle
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Raper, Charles Lee
Hardcover
Standards of Public Morality: The Kennedy Lectures for 1906, in the School of Philanthropy Conducted
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
Four American Universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia
Sloane, William Milligan
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Norton, Charles Eliot
Hardcover
Four American Universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia
Sloane, William Milligan
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Norton, Charles Eliot
Paperback
Economics: An Account of the Relations Between Private Property and Public Welfare
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
Standards of Public Morality: The Kennedy Lectures for 1906, in the School of Philanthropy Conducted
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Yale Review, Volume 11, part 1
Adams, George Burton
Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
Facilities for Study and Research in the Offices of the United States Government at Washington
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
Undercurrents in American Politics: Comprising the Ford Lectures, Delivered at Oxford University, and the Barbour-Page Lectures, Delivered at the Univ
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Hardcover
The Relations Between Freedom And Responsibility In The Evolution Of Democratic Government
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Moral Basis Of Democracy: Sunday Morning Talks To Students And Graduates
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
The Moral Basis Of Democracy: Sunday Morning Talks To Students And Graduates
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Paperback
Also in
General Political Science
Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea
Hunt-Hendrix, Leah
Taylor, Astra
Hardcover
Capitalism and the Camera: Essays on Photography and Extraction
Coleman, Kevin
James, Daniel
Paperback
The Craftivist Collective Handbook: Projects, Stories and Methods for Your Gentle Protests
Corbett, Sarah P.
Hardcover
Guerrilleros and Neighbours in Arms: Identities & Cultures of Anti-Fascist Resistance in Spain
Marco
Paperback
Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media Are Destroying America
Pfeiffer, Dan
Hardcover
Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-)Colonialism in Transatlantic Context
Kipfer, Stefan
Paperback
Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
Fording, Richard C.
Schram, Sanford F.
Soss, Joe
Paperback
Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias
Biddle, Stephen
Hardcover
By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution
Talbot, David
Talbot, Margaret
Hardcover
An Enemy Such as This: Larry Casuse and the Fight for Native Liberation in One Family on Two Continents Over Three Centuries
Correia, David
Hardcover
Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace
Chomsky, Noam
Paperback
Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
Wolin, Sheldon S.
Paperback
The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
Giridharadas, Anand
Hardcover
Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal
Cummins, Ronnie
Paperback
Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War
Wasserman, Mark
Paperback
Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back
Stirewalt, Chris
Paperback
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
Greenwald, Glenn
Hardcover
Doing History from the Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
Lynd, Staughton
Paperback
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
Wudunn, Sheryl
Kristof, Nicholas D.
Paperback
The Clash of Globalizations: Neo-Liberalism, the Third Way and Anti-Globalization
Kiely, Ray
Paperback
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Haberman, Maggie
Swan, Jonathan
Hardcover
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
Fugelsang, John
Hardcover
The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader
Murray, Melissa
Hardcover
The College Scam: How America's Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America's Youth
Kirk, Charlie
Hardcover
American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Meacham, Jon
Hardcover
American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
Bird, Kai
Goldmark, Susan
Hardcover
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Khalidi, Rashid
Paperback
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy
Perryman, Skye
Paperback
The Elijah Mandate: A Call to Courageous Faith in a Hostile World
Tsarfati, Amir
Piflaks, Tolik
Paperback
Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
Kobes Du Mez, Kristin
Hardcover
The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
Warnock, Raphael G.
Hardcover
Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded Usaid
Enrich, Nicholas
Hardcover
The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
Schweizer, Peter
Hardcover
The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution
Wegman, Jesse
Hardcover
Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
Isgur, Sarah
Hardcover
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
Bevins, Vincent
Paperback
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Goldstone, Brian
Paperback
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
Soares, Nate
Hardcover
Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America
Phillips-Fein, Kim
Hardcover
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Goldstone, Brian
Hardcover
Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage
Thompson, Heather Ann
Hardcover
The Origins of Totalitarianism: With a New Introduction by Anne Applebaum
Arendt, Hannah
Applebaum, Anne
Paperback
Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution
Hemingway, Mollie
Hardcover