A critique of the current concept of negative freedom. First part Cover Image

O critică a conceptului curent de libertate negativă. Prima parte
A critique of the current concept of negative freedom. First part

Author(s): Mihail M. Ungheanu
Subject(s): Political Theory, Politics and society
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: negative liberty; republican liberty; open concept; virtue;

Summary/Abstract: It is universally assumed nowadays that the meaning of the concept of liberty is clear. It is supposed to be a negative concept, pertaining to the sphere of unimpeded action of a person. However there is another modern meaning of the concept of liberty, a republican meaning, that is also a negative concept of liberty that completes the established liberal concept of liberty and corrects it, improves it while showing its falseness.

  • Issue Year: 21/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-10
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian
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