https://fascipedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Real_freedomReal freedom - Revision history2026-05-02T02:51:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.2https://fascipedia.org/index.php?title=Real_freedom&diff=19818&oldid=prevBacchus: Created page with "'''Real freedom''' is a term coined by the (political) philosopher and economist Philippe Van Parijs. It expands upon notions of negative freedom by incorporating not simply institutional or other constraints on a person's choices, but also the requirements of physical reality, resources and personal capacity. To have real freedom, according to Van Parijs, an individual must: Under this conception, a moral agent could be negatively free to take a holiday in M..."2023-02-22T18:32:35Z<p>Created page with "'''Real freedom''' is a term coined by the (<a href="/index.php/Political" class="mw-redirect" title="Political">political</a>) <a href="/index.php/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a> and economist Philippe Van Parijs. It expands upon notions of negative freedom by incorporating not simply institutional or other constraints on a person's choices, but also the requirements of physical reality, resources and personal capacity. To have real freedom, according to Van Parijs, an individual must: Under this conception, a <a href="/index.php/Moral" class="mw-redirect" title="Moral">moral</a> agent could be negatively free to take a holiday in M..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Real freedom''' is a term coined by the ([[political]]) [[philosopher]] and economist Philippe Van Parijs. It expands upon notions of negative freedom by incorporating not simply institutional or other constraints on a person's choices, but also the requirements of physical reality, resources and personal capacity. To have real freedom, according to Van Parijs, an individual must: Under this conception, a [[moral]] agent could be negatively free to take a holiday in Miami, because no-one is forcing them not to; but not really free to do so, because they cannot afford the flight. Similarly, someone could be negatively free to swim across the English Channel; but not really free, because they are not a good enough swimmer and would not be able to succeed in the task. Real freedom is, then, a matter of degree — one is more or less really free, not just either really free or not; and no-one has complete real freedom yet — no-one is currently really free to teleport to Mars, for instance.<br />
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