The Between Positive And Positive Freedom On The Relations...

Freedom is a difficult doctrine to definite in politics (Berlin, 1969). Philosophy emphasized entirely determined by the public, particularly in sociology and economics (Swift, 2007). Liberty can clarify the distinction between negative and positive liberty, the following part of this essay covers two issues (Berlin, 1969). Meanwhile, the second purpose in this essay is to explore the implication of negative and positive freedom on the relationship between the individual and the states which will utilize different real instance in the world. Modern liberalism tends to advocate as positive freedom which prefers to sacrifice personal interest toward general will (Berlin, 1969). General will is meant that the public strives to one purpose†¦show more content†¦Something may bring harm impact on political activities, the generation of Hitler s Germany which takes over in positive freedom as autocracy (Loflin, 2014). On the hand, majority rule has been decided by minority participation during the democratic process like Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the administration which has decided from 1,200 people to represents 7 million citizens (Leg Co, 2014). Some critic claims that the minority may not in accordance with the real interest of human. Moreover, some people disputed that people may suffer from oppression in the positive liberty. Actually, if the state would not stand at a boundary of positive freedom obviously that may lose the object toward the common good and make the individual tends to be a subordinate role , no matter the state would be a dominant on this relationship. Second, the negative concept of freedom is most commonly assumed in liberal defenses of the constitutional liberties typical of liberal-democratic societies, for example, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, and prevention of paternalist or moralist state intervention (Swift, 2007). The government aims the citizens should achieve self-sufficient and self-realization, also would not rely on the state (Tansey, 1995). Negative freedom (Formal freedom) can describe two diversities term (Barry, 2000). Firstly, law has been the main restriction of human freedom (Barry, 2000). Undoubtedly, freedom advocates self-determinate as the