This is a post is a follow-up to a previous post discussing Isaiah Berlin’s distinction between positive and negative liberty.
In his essay “Two Concepts of Liberty,” 1,183 more words
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Freedom is Freedom is Freedom: Gerald MacCallum's Singular Concept of Liberty
In a previous post, I discussed Isaiah Berlin’s distinction between negative and positive liberty (or freedom). Here I will discuss Gerald MacCallum’s objection to it… 718 more words
The Liberty Bell’s Crack: Isaiah Berlin and Two Concepts of Liberty
Which Liberty?
It’s hard to find someone who is against liberty, but it’s easy to find disagreement about what the term “liberty” means.
Imagine a conspiracy theorist who is convinced that government agents are blasting mind-controlling waves into his apartment. 1,523 more words
Holy Hospital Week: Freedom
Free at last! I have just been discharged from hospital after my final procedure yesterday afternoon.
Before I went down for surgery they placed a cross on each foot. 543 more words
Foreign Policy in the Liberal Tradition: The Real Story
Over at the Niskanen Center, Matthew Fay wrote a blog entitled “Thinking about Libertarian Foreign Policy.” Brandon was so nice to point this out to me. 954 more words
On Positive and Negative Liberties
While reading through Foucault’s The Archaeology of Knowledge I began to ponder on the role that systems of rules play within our discourses on liberty. Foucault’s text sets out to define Archaeology, and comes to the conclusion that “Archaeology defines the rules of formation of a group of statements” (167). 1,219 more words
