POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - French Revolution, Territorial Authorities Of New Zealand, Public Administration
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Constant says freedom is the freedom from tyranny leave me alone, don"t tell me what to do . Didn"t have people smarter than you or better involved in politics to represent you you would show up in the agora ) Constant saw that the ancients viewed liberty as the freedom of the collective; the freedom of athens ( is athens free? public, not private liberty) crucial distinction. Freedom of the community = self government (greece is free if greeks govern greeks) Dependent upon a class of people who didn"t engage in commerce or even work. The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains isiah berlin two concepts of liberty . Be very wary of any decree claiming it is either a lie or a tyranny berlin the hedgehog and the fox not so much a freedom to, as it is a freedom from freedom of movement legal protections. Modern liberty is better than both ancient liberty and pre-modern.