Defining liberty?

How does Hirschmann believe we should define liberty?

“by making a political evaluation of what is important we determine the parameters of meaningful freedom”

Justify Mill’s conception of liberty according to Hirschmann’s framework [1]

For Mill, it is the preservation of individuality, which is his priority, he argues that without individuality “society will be crushed by the weight of ‘collective mediocrity”.

what is a key distinction when discussing liberty?

distinguishing between what liberty is and what liberty we ought to have

is freedom just a solitary benefit of society or is a prerequisite for many other benefits that society can offer?- Berlin explicitly rejects the notion that it is the supreme political value?

what is MacCallum’s framework? [1]

MacCallum posits a triadic relation to regard freedom where the various term variables are disputed w  Freedom is “always of something (an agent or agents), from something, to do , not do, become or not become something”

what remains the key question in MacCallum’s framework?

what counts as a barrier to freedom

e..g Hobbes doesn’t agree with the idea of laws being coercive, he believes you will always do what you want to do ( you are deciding to follow the law for fear of the consequences)

what is the Neo- Roman conception of liberty?

Freedom means not living under the arbitrary power of another (even if they don’t use the power)

Liberty as non-domination, not non-interference

why is Neo-Roman liberty inherently political?

h Freedom depends on living in a free state, under a system of laws that do not depend on the will of a ruler (even if doesn’t interfere in life, cannot have arbitrary power over them)  

how do you lose liberty in this Neo- Roman conception of liberty?

to be a slave= tp live under the arbitrary domination of another