POLS 110 Lecture 2: Berlin Lecture 1.2
15 Feb 2017
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Absence of enforced rules changes if on people, alters the behaviours of people. Lack of enforced rules makes one less free. Everyone would go on people"s land if there were no rules against to do so. Inequality can benefit worst off incentive argument. Think of both interference and range of feasible options. Berlin thinks positive liberty is better than negative. Positive is more susceptible to elimination: adapt preferences to limits you face. Communists believe in freedom true believers: west is phony freedom liberty is false, arguing for dictatorship of proletariat, pass rules, hierarchy, soldiers. Unfree in these ways: negative freedom: rules of private property enforced by the state. People must sell their labour power for access to private property. Negative liberty: workers face government that limits access to resources. Forces people to work for someone else. January 13, 2017: achievement of status: compete with others for possessions.
