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| Liberty: Liberty is the ability to make one's own choices and to live one's life as one sees fit, without interference from others. It is a fundamental human right, and it is essential for a just and equitable society. See also Society, Freedom, Justice, Equality, Rights, Individuals, Liberalism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Isaiah Berlin on Liberty - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 229 Liberty/Participation/Liberalism/Rights/Isaiah Berlin/Rawls: One of the principles of classical liberalism is that political freedoms have less intrinsic weight than freedom of thought (freedom of consciousness) and freedom of the person. >Liberalism. If one should have to choose between political and all other freedoms, the rule of a good ruler who respects the latter and observes the law would be preferable. From this point of view, the greatest merit of the principle of participation is,... I 230 ...to ensure that the government respects the rights and well-being of those who are governed. >Rights, >Law, >Society, >Governance, >State. 1. See I. Berlin, Four Essays on Liberty, 1969, pp. 130,165._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Berl I Isaiah Berlin Four Essays on Liberty Oxford 1990 Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19