Difference between revisions of "What Is Liberty?"
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| + | Berlin goes on to say: "I do not propose to discuss either the history or the more than two hundred senses of this protean word, recorded by historians of ideas." | ||
== [[Hohfeld’s typology of rights|Hohfeld's Definition of a Liberty]] == | == [[Hohfeld’s typology of rights|Hohfeld's Definition of a Liberty]] == | ||
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== Liberties Always Conflict == | == Liberties Always Conflict == | ||
Most obviously, you can have a liberty to restrict other people's liberties. For example, freedom to enslave means no freedom from slavery and freedom from slavery means no freedom to enslave. Don't kid yourself that either of these are not real and desired freedoms: major wars have been fought over them. Requiring equal liberties means restriction of the liberty of those who want unequal liberties, and vice versa. | Most obviously, you can have a liberty to restrict other people's liberties. For example, freedom to enslave means no freedom from slavery and freedom from slavery means no freedom to enslave. Don't kid yourself that either of these are not real and desired freedoms: major wars have been fought over them. Requiring equal liberties means restriction of the liberty of those who want unequal liberties, and vice versa. | ||
