Difference between revisions of "Negative and Positive Freedom"
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{{DES | des = [[Gerald MacCallum]]'s groundbreaking explication of [[Freedom as a Triadic Relation]]. "Freedom is thus always '''''of''''' something (an agent or agents), '''''from''''' something, '''''to''''' do, not do, become, or not become something; it is a triadic relationship." p. 314. Originally in The Philosophical Review, reprinted in [[The Liberty Reader]] pp. 100-129. "This paper challenges the view that we may usefully distinguish between two kinds or concepts of political and social freedom - negative and positive.. the distinction between them has never been made sufficiently clear, is based in part upon a serious confusion..." | show=}} | {{DES | des = [[Gerald MacCallum]]'s groundbreaking explication of [[Freedom as a Triadic Relation]]. "Freedom is thus always '''''of''''' something (an agent or agents), '''''from''''' something, '''''to''''' do, not do, become, or not become something; it is a triadic relationship." p. 314. Originally in The Philosophical Review, reprinted in [[The Liberty Reader]] pp. 100-129. "This paper challenges the view that we may usefully distinguish between two kinds or concepts of political and social freedom - negative and positive.. the distinction between them has never been made sufficiently clear, is based in part upon a serious confusion..." | show=}} | ||
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+ | "In re- cognizing that freedom is always both freedom from something and freedom to do or become something, one is provided with a means of making sense out of interminable and poorly defined controversies concerning, for example, when a person really is free, why freedom is important, and on what its importance depends." | ||
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