Constant on Liberty
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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The Champion of Negative Liberty
On the negative liberty account, your freedom hasn't shrunk. If you force someone into rehab and after 28 days they come out clean, you could argue that you freed them from the thing that was enslaving them. The tight er the addiction takes hold of, the more limited you are in your ability to make choices. So if you want to stay free in those terms, don't give up on a public life.
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