Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty, Classical Republicanism
10 Dec 2016
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Berlin distinguished negative liberty from positive liberty. Problem: any freedom is both a freedom from and a freedom to. Negative liberty is (cid:494)freedom from(cid:495), positive liberty is (cid:494)freedom to(cid:495) (cid:494)x is free from y to do (cid:523)or become(cid:524) z(cid:495) There is only one concept of liberty (or freedom) Maccallum"s triadic concept of freedom: x is an agent, y is an obstacle or constraint, and z is a goal or end. The observable self, the rational or higher self, or a collective self like a class or nation. What i do want; what i would want if i recognized my true interests. Conceptions of liberty: three distinctions: effective freedom vs. formal freedom. Effective freedom: having the power or capacity to act in a particular way. Right wing view: freedom is non-interference, so supporting freedom means a minimal state and a free market economy.
