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Two Concepts of Liberty
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Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to “The Kingdom Perspective.”
Philosophers speak of two different kinds of freedom. The famed thinker Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) put it this way: 1) Negative Liberty/Freedom FROM and 2) Positive Liberty/Freedom TO.
“Negative Liberty” or “Freedom From” can perhaps best be seen in the political freedom we enjoy in the U.S. We have the Constitutional freedom from governmental or societal coercion in certain areas of our lives. For example, I have the freedom of religion, speech, etc. without the fear of governmental…
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