O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms
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Ethan Wieland Mrs. Trickel 2nd Period Social Studies 12/16/14 Loyalty vs. Freedom You have just returned home from a day’s work in the shop‚ when all of a sudden your door is kicked down. The dust settles. Four British troops enter‚ weapons drawn. One of the troops comes and points his rifle at your chest‚ bayonet stabbing your skin. “Are you loyal to England‚ or are you a rebel traitor‚ a patriot?” You look towards your family‚ cowering in the corner. You know that your decision will mean life
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IN MY opinion‚ our teenagers nowadays are enjoying too much freedom compared to those before. Freedom helps teens feel more powerful and self-confident. But too much freedom can easily backfire‚ leaving a teen floundering. Some of them start taking advantage of too much freedom. Although teenagers might be reluctant to admit it‚ they still need the stability that parental authority can offer. Some parents remain so busy with their work that they forget their responsibilities towards their children
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by Russia’s Sukhoi Corporation and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). It is a heavy class‚ long-range air superiority fighter which can also act as a multirole‚ strike fighter aircraft. The development of the variant started after India signed a deal with Russia in 2000 to manufacture 140 Su-30 fighter jets.[4] The first Russian-made Su-30MKI variant was integrated into the IAF in 2002‚[5] while the first indigenously assembled Su-30MKI entered service with
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Freedom? Or Restriction? Mr. Musselman Cheongna Dalton School Class Section A Hyun Jun Han Theoretical Psychology Experiment Title: Freedom? Or Restriction? Name: Hyunjun Han Institutional Affiliation: Cheongna Dalton School Class section: A Introduction For long there has been a surplus of controversy regarding the human race’s choice between freedom and restriction. Do people excel in a environment where they are restricted‚ or do they excel when they are completely free?
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Name of the Candidate Name Surname Name of the Parent / Guardian Date of Birth (dd-mm-yyyy) Socio-Economic Details : Gender Nationality Marital Status Social Status Male Indian Married SC TELUGU Telugu (For office use only) ID No. ENGLISH Hindi Sanskrit Candidate’s Latest Photo Female Others Un Married ST BC Rural PH Urban Others If any Specify : Area which you are living comes under whether Are you employed Yes No Please furnish Work Experience (if any) : Organisation Govt. Private
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and the Creation of Hindi Media Communities in Singapore Arunajeet KAUR and Faizal YAHYA Indian communities in Singapore‚ especially of non-Tamil sub-ethnicity‚ have received renewed impetus to replenish their cultural ties with India as a homeland with the advent of Hindi Cable channels such as Zee TV‚ Sony Entertainment‚ and Star Plus. The availability of cable networks in the early 1990s and the proliferation of Hindi media channels have led to a renaissance of Hindi culture‚ fashion‚
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citizens experience‚ and taunts their once freeing rights‚ such as the prerogative to explore sexuality. Gilead’s only freedom‚ is freedom from all other liberties‚ or as Aunt Lydia would describe‚ freedom from the anarchy that unveiled in the first society. The novel’s protagonist‚ Offred‚ uses two sets of images to recount the vast difference between a “freedom to” society‚ and a “freedom from” society. She recalls to the reader a photographic clarity of her previous life as an American woman with liberties
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[pic] प्रकाशक यशपाल जैन मंत्री‚ सस्ता साहित्य मंडल एन-७७‚ कनॉट सर्कस‚ नई दिल्ली-११०००१ ● पांचवी बार : १९९९ प्रतियां : ३‚००० मूल्य : रु० ८.०० ● लेजर टाइपसेटिंग बुकमैन लेज़र टाइपसेटिंग‚ दिल्ली-९२ ● मुद्रक आई.बी.एच‚ प्रिन्टर्स‚ मानसरोवर पार्क‚ शाहदरा पाठकों से जैसाकि नाम से पता चलता है‚ इस पुस्तक में हमने संसार के विशष लेखकों की चुनी हुई कहानियां दी हैं। ये कहानियां ऐसी नहीं हैं कि एक बार पढ़कर पुस्तक को पटक दें। ये कहानियां बार-बार पढ़ने
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Michelle Marano Mr. Weir ENG3U1 May 30th‚ 2012 The importance of Freedoms Freedom is a very important aspect of a society‚ without freedom people live in fear and insecurity. Benjamin Franklin once said “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve nether and lose both” (Franklin). Throughout history one can see how much control the governments have had over their
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