Concepts of Liberty

Edmund and Benjamin go beyond Berlin's positive/negative liberty, exploring republicans' perspectives, liberty's relationship to 'freedom', and the reasons for its evolving emphasis over time. They discuss the dynamics of the individual-state relationship, the use of fantasies as escapism, mediating organizations, the desire for localization and opposition to big companies, Aristotle's distinction between virtuous/unvirtuous constitutions, and the importance of choosing our own ends based on what is right and good.