wrote: "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Check out the distinction between "positive" and "negative" liberty. > Under "positive" liberty (which the US is generally understoof to > endorse) one has the right to do anything that isn't specifically > proscribed. Isaiah Berlin wrote a famous essay about it decade ago. I > think you'll find it in the "Berlin Reader." >
Berlin's analysis might point to the existence of external constraints on liberty (positive liberty) but has little to say about the right of a group exalted by consensus to impose financial (or any other) sanctions as an implementation of those constraints. Bill Scott --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
