8234 | Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)] |
6679 | It is not good to be too free [Pascal] |
19994 | Freedom in society is ability to do what is right, and not having to do what is wrong [Montesquieu] |
19746 | Like rich food, liberty can ruin people who are too weak to cope with it [Rousseau] |
7242 | Appetite alone is slavery, and self-prescribed laws are freedom [Rousseau] |
7675 | Schiller speaks obsessively of freedom throughout his works [Schiller, by Berlin] |
23271 | The goal of the world is Spirit's consciousness and enactment of freedom [Hegel] |
21778 | True liberal freedom is to pursue something, while being free to cease the pursuit [Hegel, by Houlgate] |
21779 | People assume they are free, but the options available are not under their control [Hegel] |
20517 | Utilitarianism values liberty, but guides us on which ones we should have or not have [Mill, by Wolff,J] |
20516 | Mill defends freedom as increasing happiness, but maybe it is an intrinsic good [Wolff,J on Mill] |
7215 | True freedom is pursuing our own good, while not impeding others [Mill] |
7218 | Individuals are not accountable for actions which only concern themselves [Mill] |
7221 | Blocking entry to an unsafe bridge does not infringe liberty, since no one wants unsafe bridges [Mill] |
7223 | Pimping and running a gambling-house are on the border between toleration and restraint [Mill] |
7220 | Restraint for its own sake is an evil [Mill] |
5306 | The free development of each should be the condition for the free development of all [Marx/Engels] |
18304 | Saints want to live as they desire, or not to live at all [Nietzsche] |
21519 | We need security and liberty, and then encouragement of creativity [Russell] |
23528 | The value of liberty allows freedom of action, even if that distresses other people [Hart,HLA] |
20544 | Berlin distinguishes 'negative' and 'positive' liberty, and rejects the latter [Berlin, by Swift] |
7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
21946 | Prisons gradually became our models for schools, hospitals and factories [Foucault, by Gutting] |
21733 | The right-wing conception of freedom is based on the idea of self-ownership [Cohen,GA] |
21739 | Plenty of people have self-ownership, but still lack autonomy [Cohen,GA] |
9231 | Freedom needs autonomy (rather than causal independence) - embracing our own desires and choices [Frankfurt] |
20527 | Liberty Principle: everyone has an equal right to liberties, if compatible with others' liberties [Rawls] |
4680 | Autonomy seems to acquire greater weight when the decision is more important to a person [Glover] |
21015 | Negative liberty is incoherent; all liberties, to do and to be, require the prevention of interference [Nussbaum] |
18651 | The most valuable liberties to us need not be the ones with the most freedom [Kymlicka] |
9278 | Nowadays we identify the free life with the good life [Gray] |
20518 | Liberty principles can't justify laws against duelling, incest between siblings and euthanasia [Wolff,J] |
20531 | Either Difference allows unequal liberty, or Liberty makes implementing Difference impossible [Wolff,J] |
20995 | Capabilities are part of freedom, involving real opportunities [Sen] |
20998 | Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference [Sen] |
20545 | Maybe a freedom is from a restraint, and also in order to do something [Swift] |
20693 | Freedom may work against us, as individuals can choose to leave, and make fewer commitments [Harari] |
22836 | 'Freedom from' is an empty idea, if the freedom is not from impediments to my desires [Charvet] |
22837 | Positive freedom can lead to coercion, if you are forced to do what you chose to do [Charvet] |
22844 | First level autonomy is application of personal values; second level is criticising them [Charvet] |