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Liberty

ICSE · Class 11 · Political Science

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1

Real Meaning and Nature of Liberty

  • Liberty is not the same as doing anything one likes.
  • Hobbes calls unrestricted liberty license, a condition to do what one likes, found in the hypothetical state of nature.
  • In a correct sense, liberty means the right to do what is worth doing.
2

Negative View of Liberty

  • The negative view says restraints should be as few as possible.
  • John Stuart Mill is the classic defender of this view.
  • Mill says restraints are evil and leaving people to themselves is better than controlling them.
3

Positive View of Liberty

  • The positive view is associated with T.H. Green.
  • Green defines liberty as a positive power of doing or enjoying something worth doing or enjoying in common with others.
  • This view accepts reasonable restraints in the public interest.
4

Berlin's View on Liberty

  • Isaiah Berlin says the negative and positive dimensions of liberty cannot be distinguished from each other.
  • He is regarded as a liberal pluralist.
  • He believes moral beliefs are not susceptible to rational analysis.

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