PHL271H1 Lecture Notes - Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty, Liberal Democracy
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Positive liberty seems to refer to your higher selfwhat you really want. What is truly your inner self (and apparently that is dangerous politically) Every tyrannical regime makes this positive liberty argument a specious disguise for brutal tyranny . I"m not constraining your freedom, i am realizing . Berlin is a direct opponent of positive liberty. His position is that positive liberty is some- times dangerous. (pp. 168-169) talking in a time of civil rights movements as well as liberal democracy so that people don"t starve (rights and etc) Mill thinks the ultimate good is positive liberty and that it can only be realized in the wake of negative liberty. Human beings can determine their own purposes for themselves, the state provides cer- tain types of good to protect your liberty and to help you pursue your purposes.
