Freedom and Equality

Most of the different daily posts that appear on this blog are organized into so-called “blog series”. For example, there’s a series called the compatibility of freedom and equality: human rights require freedom as well as equality, and some believe that’s a contradiction. We don’t. Also: what is freedom and what is equality?

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The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (1): Impossible?
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (2): Limited Freedom
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (3): Freedom, Poverty and Public Life
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (4): Freedom as Autonomy
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (5): Free Will
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (6): Freedom and Economic Rights
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (7): Negative and Positive Freedom
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (8): Liberty = Freedom From the State + Freedom From Social Pressure + Equality of Opportunity
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (9): The Freedom of the Tyrant
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (10): Limited Freedom and the Temptation of the Future
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (11): Freedom as Capability
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (12): How Coercion Promotes Freedom

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What is Freedom? (1): Three Kinds of Freedom
What is Freedom? (2): A Right to Self-Ownership?
What is Freedom? (3): The Paradox of Self-Ownership: The Right to Sell Yourself Into Slavery
What is Freedom? (4): Increasingly Demanding Types of Freedom
What is Freedom? (5): Is Poverty a Denial of Our Freedom?

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What is Equality? (1): Some Dimensions and Distinctions
What is Equality? (2): Or, Equality of What?
What is Equality? (3): Equality of Rights