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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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Benjamin Constant on Liberty - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 201 Freedom/Constant/Rawls: The discussion on freedoms is not so much concerned with definitions as with the relative weight of conflicting freedoms. For example, Benjamin Constant suggests that the "freedom of the modern" (with individual rights) has greater value than the "liberties of the old", which were based solely on the political constitution. >Freedom, >Liberty, >Polis. (See B. Constant, Ancient and Modern Liberty (1819); G. de Ruggiero, The History of European Liberalism, Oxford, 1927, pp. 159-164; Isaiah Berlin, Four Essays on Liberty, London, 1969,3rd essay and pp. Xxxvii-ixiii; 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. |
Constant, Benjamin Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18