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| Liberty: Liberty is the ability to make one's own choices and to live one's life as one sees fit, without interference from others. It is a fundamental human right, and it is essential for a just and equitable society. See also Society, Freedom, Justice, Equality, Rights, Individuals, Liberalism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Liberty - Dictionary of Arguments
I 72 Natural freedom/Rawls: Natural freedom (in contrast to liberal equality) implies a strong influence of social contingencies (randomities) on the distribution of goods. I 73 Liberal equality/Rawls: The liberal interpretation then requires that the institutions of the free market be integrated into a framework of social and legal institutions. Cf. >Liberalism. I 195 Freedom/Society/order/Rawls: in this context, three kinds of questions must be answered: 1. the question of justice of legislation and social policy I 196 2. a citizen must decide which constitutional arrangements are appropriate to settle legal disputes 3. even if the citizen accepts a particular constitution, there are still disputes. It is then a question of whether you want to follow the majority or oppose the majority. 4. Stage: The initial situation of a society to be established must be reconsidered in this light. >Society/Rawls, >Veil of Ignorance. Constitution/C. J. Arrow/Rawls: the idea of a four-step process is laid out in the Constitution of the United States and its history(1). I 202 Rawls: I suppose freedom can always be explained by three kinds of problems: 1. the doers, 2. the limits from which they are free, 3. what they are allowed to do or not allowed to do(2). I 203 Fundamental freedoms: must be considered as a whole, as a system. Here it is the case that greater freedom is basically desirable, which is not the case in the case of specific freedoms. I 204 Some authors claim that the economic restrictions that make it impossible to make use of certain freedoms are among the restrictions on freedom. I do not do that. I do not think they diminish the value of freedom. However, the value is not the same for all people. I 213 Freedom of consciousness/freedom of thought/Rawls: Freedom of consciousness does not require a metaphysical doctrine or theory of knowledge: it is based on criteria that can be accepted by everyone. Also no special philosophical theory is implied. 1. See K. J. Arrow, Social Choice and Individual Values, 2nd. Ed. New York, 1963, pp. 89-91. 2. See G.G: McCallum, „Negative and Positive Freedom“, Philosophical Review, Vol. 76, 1967._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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