HOW MUCH DOES NEGATIVE LIBERTY NEED POSITIVE LIBERTY IN ECONOMIC ISSUES?
HOW MUCH DOES NEGATIVE LIBERTY NEED POSITIVE LIBERTY IN ECONOMIC ISSUES?
Author(s): Zdravko Perić, Marin PetkovićSubject(s): Law on Economics, Socio-Economic Research, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Sveučilište u Mostaru i Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Keywords: social justice; negative liberty; positive liberty; equality; paternalism; economic freedom;
Summary/Abstract: In attempting to rectify the inequalities ensuing from the flaws of negative liberty, proponents of social justice turn to economic policies based on positive liberty. Unaware of the value provided by each of these notions of liberty, they neglect the tyrannical potential of positive liberty which results from its instrumental value. Promoting government intervention in the market and redistribution of resources as a means by which inequalities are to be redressed, allows for the concentration of power in one place, which renders individual freedom ineffective. This paper suggests that the promotion of social justice through positive liberation is damaging to individual freedom due to the government’s monopoly on regulating the social structure.
Journal: Mostariensia - časopis za društvene i humanističke znanosti
- Issue Year: 26/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 23-43
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
