TROJÍ POJETÍ SVOBODY

• Authors: Hejduk Tomáš

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Three concepts of liberty

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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Berlin’s division of liberty into its positive and negative variants is usually mentioned as a point of reference in the debates about freedom. However, I consider as more fundamental the difference between liberal freedom and freedom based on responsible relations with other people and the surrounding world. In other words, I question the meaning of freedom, which - with a reference to the conception of Ladislav Hejdánek, proponent of the Czech practical philosophy – I do not consider to be an elimination of various life bonds, but instead their acceptance, fulfilment, or improvement. However, such binding freedom can also find its “allies” in liberalism – namely in the so-called liberalism of fear (B. Williams, J. Shklar), which is surprisingly close to Hejdánek’s conception and represents at least one of the contemporary currents of liberalism, able to unite with a seemingly opposing tradition. In addition to introducing Hejdánek’s conception of freedom, the aim of the paper is also to outline this connection.

Keywords

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FREEDOM; HEJDÁNEK LADISLAV; LIBERALISM; LIBERTY; CZECH PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 110 – 124

Contributors

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Hejduk Tomáš

• Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta filozofická, Studentská 84, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2020.76.2.3