Freedom to end freedom
In: The survey. Survey graphic : magazine of social interpretation, Band 28, S. 117-119
ISSN: 0196-8777
In: The survey. Survey graphic : magazine of social interpretation, Band 28, S. 117-119
ISSN: 0196-8777
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In: Journal of theoretical politics, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 387-404
ISSN: 0951-6298
In: American political science review, Band 49, Heft 2, S. 353-363
ISSN: 0003-0554
To rescue the concept of freedom for the soc sci's, one must distinguish between its purely emotive usages & its various descriptive meanings. Operational definitions are given for freedom & unfreedom in the interpersonal sense (for expressions such as: 'A leaves B free to do either (mean - average) or y or z'; 'With respect to A, B is unfree to do x'. E.g. the latter expression is defined as follows: 'A makes it impossible for B to do x, or A would punish B if B did x'). Thus defined, statements about interpersonal freedom & unfreedom can be empirically tested. Interpersonal unfreedom is not identical with control or power; A may make B unfree to do (mean - average) without controlling B's behavior, & vice versa. The concept of freedom of action does not refer to someone's freedom, but to his ability to do something. The distinction between 'negative' & 'positive' freedom is therefore untenable. (AA - IPSA).
In: American political science review, Band 49, Heft 2, S. 353-363
ISSN: 1537-5943
When speaking of freedom, La Bruyère's word comes to mind—that everything has been said and that we come too late to add anything. Yet an analysis of the concept of freedom may be warranted for the very reason that it is being used by everyone to refer to whatever he considers valuable, from obedience to law (positive or natural) to autonomy and economic abundance. I believe that it is possible to assign to "freedom" in its different aspects meanings which are emotively neutral and operationally testable, and thereby to rescue for the social sciences generally and for political science in particular an important set of concepts, closely related as they are to those of power and control.One would have to start with disentangling the widely different senses in which "freedom" is being used indiscriminately. I shall deal with freedom in only two of its many meanings, interpersonal freedom and freedom of action. One of the difficulties will be to steer a middle course between the vagueness of conversational language and the awkwardness of a precise terminology; but I hope to demonstrate that such an endeavor is no idle exercise in semantics but a necessary prerequisite for the fruitful investigation of social and political phenomena.
In: The international & comparative law quarterly: ICLQ, Band 59, Heft 3, S. 543-570
ISSN: 1471-6895
AbstractFreedom from fear, expressly recognized in the foundational human rights treaties, has been forgotten in human rights discourse. Fear can have profound behavioural impacts. Without recognition of the importance of freedom from fear, the fulfilment of many human rights is compromised, particularly physical security. Politico-legal thought, from Montesquieu and Blackstone, has long identified the significance of security of the person and the tension between liberty and security. Comparative exploration of contemporary case law reveals disparate approaches to the recognition of security of the person as an individual right which the State is obliged to protect. Increasing the salience of security of the person and the dimension of freedom from fear in human rights decision making raises the difficult issue of balancing conflicting rights.
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The purpose of article to justify the abstractness of the concept of "freedom", and to show that the real practical importance have the concept "freedom of action", which is a necessary condition to committing of free action. And a sufficient condition is connected with a practical manifestation of the states of the will of human by means of motivation and/or goal-setting. Also the levels and sublevels of human's freedoms are denoted. In doing so to denote and representation concepts related to freedom are used some mathematical concepts.
In: American Legion Magazine, Band 141, S. 28 : il(s)
In: Politeia. Notizie di Politeia, Band 15, Heft 56, S. 114-121
ISSN: 1128-2401
In: The Right to Protest, Freedom of Expression, and Freedom of Association Oxford Handbook of Canadian Constitutional Law (2017)
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In: Journal of Theoretical Politics, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 387-403
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In: (1996) 59 Modern Law Review 167-187.
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In: RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS, John Witte Jr. & M. Christian Green, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
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In: forthcoming Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone, Open Minds: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech, Black In, La Trobe University Press, 2020
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