Is human freedom absolute? The point of view of classical liberalism Cover Image

Czy wolność człowieka jest absolutna? Punkt widzenia liberalizmu klasycznego
Is human freedom absolute? The point of view of classical liberalism

Author(s): Karol Jasiński
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku

Summary/Abstract: The paper concerns the idea of freedom and her limits in the thought of the some representatives of classical liberalism. The paper has three parts: 1) freedom as a feature of the personality and her different forms (personal and social, positive and negative); 2) ideas if the English philosophers (T. Hobbes, J. Locke, D. Hume, J. S. Milli); 3) ideas of the French philosophers (Ch. Montesquieu, J. J. Rousseau, A. De Tocqueville). According to this thinkers human freedom is not a absolute valeu but has many limits (social contract, law, customs, religion and ethics).

  • Issue Year: 1/2011
  • Issue No: XXIII
  • Page Range: 53-64
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish