Question

Explain the concept of liberty in the Writing of Isaiah Berlin?

Answer 1

Isaiah Berlin was a political philosopher who gave two concepts of Liberty in 1958 at his Oxford speech. He said about Positive Liberty & Negative Liberty with reference to work of government & political parties .Negative liberty is a kind of abuse of positive liberty. Positive liberty was for self-discipline & self-governing the particular part of society for goodness & greater outcome for people.

In negative liberty left out people of society will be the remaining things without any interfere. He said that negative sense can be the answer of question. According to him negative liberty must be examine carefully before it implemented or granted. For successful & progressive society both kind of liberty required always .