Positive or Negative Freedom? Types of Freedom Towards EU COVID-19 Certificates in Poland. A Pilot Study Cover Image

Wolność pozytywna czy negatywna? Typy wolności wobec unijnych certyfikatów COVID-19 w Polsce. Badania pilotażowe
Positive or Negative Freedom? Types of Freedom Towards EU COVID-19 Certificates in Poland. A Pilot Study

Author(s): Małgorzata Gruchoła, Małgorzata Sławek-Czochra, Błażej Dyczewski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Social Philosophy, Communication studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: survey research; crisis situation; EU COVID-19 certificates; freedom

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper was to explore the relationship between the respondent’s identified type of freedom and their attitudes towards the potential decision to introduce EU COVID-19 certificates. We take the COVID-19 certificate assessments as a context for analysing the practical functioning of different types of freedom in crisis situations. A further aim is to structure attitudes towards the certificates by superimposing a grid composed of theoretical types of freedom (positive freedom and negative freedom, and ‘from’ and ‘to’ freedom).Four types of freedom were the subject of the empirical research: freedom of choice, freedom as autonomy, freedom as self-realisation and freedom as a human right used to establish the dominant type of freedom (positive freedom - negative freedom; freedom ‘from’ - freedom ‘to’) in the face of the possibility of COVID-19 certificates.

  • Issue Year: 73/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 197-222
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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