Difference between revisions of "What Is Liberty?"
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Creation of a right means that a choice has been made by the defender of the right about how liberty should be distributed. It doesn't matter whether it is a right of rule for a dictator or a right to an item personal property: a coercive choice has been made that one will have that liberty and everyone else will not. A right such as property in something is a liberty for one, and the opposite of a liberty (a duty) for everybody else. | Creation of a right means that a choice has been made by the defender of the right about how liberty should be distributed. It doesn't matter whether it is a right of rule for a dictator or a right to an item personal property: a coercive choice has been made that one will have that liberty and everyone else will not. A right such as property in something is a liberty for one, and the opposite of a liberty (a duty) for everybody else. | ||
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| + | == How Does This Model of Liberties Relate to the Capability Approach?== | ||
| + | [[Amartya Sen]]'s and [[Martha Nussbaum]]'s ideas of [[Capabilty Approach]] are oughts based on ideas of the kind of lives people would have reason to value. This model attempts a description of what is, not an ought. The chosen capabilities would be realized as liberties in the model's sense. | ||
== Why We Need To Choose Which Liberties We Value == | == Why We Need To Choose Which Liberties We Value == | ||
