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| Freedom: Freedom is the ability to live one's life without constraints, according to one's own values and beliefs. See also Liberty, Community, State, Governance, Society, Individuals, Democracy._____________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 Stuart Mill on Freedom - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 353 Freedom/Political Liberalism/Mill/Höffe: In [his] main work of social and legal philosophy, the treatise On Liberty(1), Mill makes a fiery plea for political freedom. As it says in the first sentence, the work does not have as its object "the so-called freedom of the will, which one unfortunately contrasts with the wrongly named doctrine of philosophical necessity, but civil or social freedom, that is, the essence and limits of the power which society rightfully exercises over the individual. Here, Mill expands his social economic liberalism by a political liberalism. Its basic idea consists in an uncompromising objection to a "tyranny of the ruling opinion and disposition," to a "tyranny of the majority," which itself enslaves the soul. Personal freedom: (...) [is the] limit to any lawful interference by society (...) >Liberalism/Mill. 1. J.St. Mill. On Liberty, 1859_____________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. |
Mill I John St. Mill A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, London 1843 German Edition: Von Namen, aus: A System of Logic, London 1843 In Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993 Mill II J. St. Mill Utilitarianism: 1st (First) Edition Oxford 1998 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-23