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explain the concept of negetive liberty(2marks) |
Answer» Negative liberty defend an area in which individual would be inviolable, he/she can do,be or become whatever he/she wishes. There is no external authority that caninterfere. If this area is too small then human dignity gets compromised. Thus, itexplain the idea of "Freedom from".<br>Negative liberty is freedom from interference by other people. Negative liberty is primarily concerned with freedom from external restraint and contrasts with positive liberty. The distinction was introduced by Isaiah Berlin in his 1958 lecture "Two Concepts of Liberty".\xa0Positive liberty\xa0is the possession of the capacity to act upon one\'s free\xa0will, as opposed to\xa0negative liberty, which is freedom from external restraint on one\'s actions. | |