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Category Archives: compatibility of freedom and equality
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (13): More Income Equality Makes Us More Free
(source) Another reason not to worry too much about the supposed incompatibility of equality and freedom is the fact that an equal level of monetary resources promotes freedom. Money in the form of a relatively decent income allows us to … Continue reading
Posted in compatibility of freedom and equality, economics, equality, freedom, freedom and equality, law, poverty
Tagged capabilities, consumerism, disincentives, Gini coefficient, incentives, income, income inequality, liberty, money, property rights, Redistribution (economics), sufficientarianism, value pluralism, wealth
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The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (12): How Coercion Promotes Freedom
Freedom understood as independence and the absence of interference or intentional coercion (especially government coercion) is an important concept. The problem is that it seems to invalidate redistribution through taxation. If the government taxes a wealthy person to transfer some … Continue reading
Posted in compatibility of freedom and equality, economics, equality, freedom, freedom and equality, justice, philosophy, poverty
Tagged Basic income, coercion, George Grosz, libertarianism, negative freedom, politics, positive freedom, redistribution, Redistribution (economics), taxation, value pluralism, wealth, welfare
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The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (11): Freedom as Capability
Freedom as independence or the absence of interference (especially government interference) is an important concept but it doesn’t cover all useful meanings of the word. Freedom is more than just the (relatively) unhindered ability to do as you like; it’s … Continue reading
The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (10): Limited Freedom and the Temptation of the Future
It’s hardly controversial to claim that some limits on freedom are necessary in order to protect the freedom of others. Few people consistently argue in favor of an unlimited ability to do as one likes. More controversial is the internalization … Continue reading
Posted in compatibility of freedom and equality, democracy, education, equality, freedom, freedom and equality, law, philosophy, what is freedom
Tagged coercion, communism, equal freedom, future, harm principle, jean-jacques rousseau, John Stuart Mill, libertarianism, liberty, paternalism, perfectionism, self-regarding
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The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (9): The Freedom of the Tyrant
A popular definition of freedom is “the ability to do what you want“. If you accept the claim that tyrants or dictators are among those most able to do what they want (since the rest of humanity is always to … Continue reading
