Difference between revisions of "Libertarians Misunderstand Liberty"
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| − | {{DES | des = Liberty is a glittering generality of libertarian propaganda. Libertarians do not adequately define it, and often think the mistaken ideas of "positive" and "negative" liberty resolve problems. Liberty can be correctly understood as a triadic relation. | show=}} | + | {{DES | des = Liberty (also known as [[freedom]]) is a [[Fallacies_Of_Philosophy#Glittering_Generalities_Of_Propaganda|glittering generality]] of libertarian propaganda. Libertarians do not adequately define it, and often think the mistaken ideas of "positive" and "negative" liberty resolve problems. Liberty can be correctly understood as a triadic relation. | show=}} |
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Political liberty he looks at in two senses, positive and negative, and he observes "the answers to them may overlap". He does not rule out other senses of political liberty, and indeed the idea of [[Freedom as a Triadic Relation]] clearly allows others. | Political liberty he looks at in two senses, positive and negative, and he observes "the answers to them may overlap". He does not rule out other senses of political liberty, and indeed the idea of [[Freedom as a Triadic Relation]] clearly allows others. | ||
| − | The Venn diagram to the right illustrates Berlin's implied classification of liberty. A better classification might require a much more complex diagram that would subsume this one. | + | The Euler (Venn) diagram to the right illustrates Berlin's implied classification of liberty. A better classification might require a much more complex diagram that would subsume this one. |
Libertarian ideology tends to preoccupy itself only with the negative region the this diagram, and oppose or ignore almost all other ideas of liberty. | Libertarian ideology tends to preoccupy itself only with the negative region the this diagram, and oppose or ignore almost all other ideas of liberty. | ||
