Reflecții pe marginea unui raport ce stârnește controverse: autoritatea statului sau libertate, ca valoare a democrației constituționale liberale?
Reflections on the controversial report: state authority or freedom as a fundamental value of liberal constitutional democracy?

Summary/Abstract: The idea for these reflections arises from reading a text I found in Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton’s work On Liberty: “In our days, liberty and good government are not mutually exclusive; there are solid reasons why they should be associated. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not required for the sake of good public administration, but for protection in attaining the highest aims of civil society and of private life. At times, the increase of liberty in the state may promote mediocrity and give strength to prejudice;…”

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