期刊名称：Reason Papers : A Journal of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies
印刷版ISSN：0363-1893
出版年度：2010
卷号：32
页码：41-66
出版社：Reason Papers
摘要：This article tries to clarify some of the limitations of the classical liberal/libertarian principle of liberty, and to assess those limitations in some rough way. Our larger impetus is to defend the position that the principle of liberty is not undone by its limitations, that, as such things go, it remains quite coherent and worthy—our voice is that of the Smith-Hayek liberal. So-called positive liberty is about positive capabilities, that is, being able to do things. If you can‘t read, that might be deemed by some to be a lack of liberty. ―Negative liberty‖ is about others not messing with your stuff. Even if you are illiterate, homeless, and starving, you are perfectly free provided that no one is messing with your stuff—or initiating coercion against you.
