Rethinking positive and negative liberty
In: Routledge innovations in political theory
In: Routledge innovations in political theory
In: Routledge innovations in political theory
In: Routledge innovations in political theory
"This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out of fashion in the late twentieth century. It proposes a new reading of this distinction for the twenty-first century, building on the work of Constant, Green and Berlin who led the historical development of these ideas. The author defends the idea that freedom is a dynamic interaction between two inseparable, yet sometimes fundamentally, opposed positive and negative concepts - the yin and yang of freedom. Positive freedom is achieved when one succeeds in doing what is right, while negative freedom is achieved when one is able to advance one's wellbeing. In an environment of culture wars, resurging populism and challenge to progressive liberal values, recognising the duality of freedom can help us better understand the political dilemmas we face and point the way forward. The book analyses the duality of freedom in more philosophical depth than previous studies and places it within the context of both historical and contemporary political thinking. It will be of interest to students and scholars of liberalism and political theory"--
In: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 What is freedom? -- 2 Reviving the positive/negative freedom project -- 3 What is the revised positive/negative freedom distinction and what are the new positive and negative freedoms? -- 4 The utility of the fourfold matrix of freedom -- 5 What do Constant, Green and Berlin say about the positive/negative freedom distinction? -- 1 Benjamin Constant on modern people and their two liberties -- Introduction -- 1 Constant's arguments in Liberty of the Ancients as Compared with That of the Moderns -- 2 Justifications of the changed status of ancient liberty -- 3 The curious survival of ancient liberty -- 3.1 The political rationale -- 3.2 The hedonic rationale -- 3.3 The virtue rationale -- 4 Modern liberty in the political and the moral contexts -- 4.1 Modern liberty and its 'virtue-neutral' aspect -- 4.2 Liberty, morality and satisfaction -- 5 On individuality and its link to the duality of freedom -- Conclusion -- 2 T.H. Green's true freedom as the paradigm positive liberty concept -- Introduction -- 1 Analytical reconstruction of On the Different Senses of 'Freedom' -- 2 The features of true freedom -- 3 Freedom and satisfaction -- 4 The progressive nature of satisfaction and the development that underpins it -- 5 True freedom as acquisition of moral agency -- 6 True freedom, moral development and authorities -- 7 True freedom as a normative concept: it is possible and desirable -- Conclusion -- 3 T.H. Green and negative freedom as well-being improvement -- Introduction -- 1 Formal freedom: the first freedom and its external conceptual boundaries -- 2 Juristic freedom.
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