Two Concepts of Liberty
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Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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philosophical essay
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political philosophy essay → |
| addresses |
limits of state power
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possibility of value conflict → relationship between liberty and authority → role of rationality in politics → |
| associatedWith |
Cold War liberalism
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anti-totalitarian thought → |
| author |
Isaiah Berlin
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| criticizes |
monism in moral and political values
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lecture
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| genre |
essay
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political theory → |
| hasNotableConcept |
“freedom from” vs “freedom to” distinction
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| hasReception |
frequently anthologized in political theory collections
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widely regarded as a classic of political philosophy → |
| includedIn |
Four Essays on Liberty
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| influenced |
contemporary liberal political theory
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debates on human rights → republicanism vs liberalism debates → theory of value pluralism → |
| institution |
University of Oxford
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| keyConcept |
danger of positive liberty justifying coercion
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distinction between negative and positive freedom → freedom as non-interference → freedom as self-direction → freedom as self-realization → freedom from interference → |
| language |
English
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| laterRepublishedAs |
Liberty
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| lectureSeries |
Inaugural lecture as Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
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| mainSubject |
coercion
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individual freedom → liberalism → liberty → negative liberty → paternalism → pluralism → political authority → political philosophy → positive liberty → rights → self-mastery → totalitarianism → value pluralism → |
| publicationYear |
1958
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| publisher |
Oxford University Press
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Four Essays on Liberty
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Isaiah Berlin
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