What Does "Freedom" Mean? There Are Many Different Answers.

What Does “Freedom” Mean? There Are Many Different Answers.

Tags: Political Theory, Book Reviews, World History

01/17/2021 David Gordon

“These days most people tend to equate freedom with the possession of inalienable individual rights, rights that demarcate a private sphere no government may infringe on. But has this always been the case?”

Original Article: “What Does “Freedom” Mean? There Are Many Different Answers.“

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