What is Positive: Definition and 984 Discussions

Positive liberty is the possession of the capacity to act upon one's free will, as opposed to negative liberty, which is freedom from external restraint on one's actions. A concept of positive liberty may also include freedom from internal constraints.The concepts of structure and agency are central to the concept of positive liberty because in order to be free, a person should be free from inhibitions of the social structure in carrying out their free will. Structurally, classism, sexism, ageism, ableism and racism can inhibit a person's freedom. As positive liberty is primarily concerned with the possession of sociological agency, it is enhanced by the ability of citizens to participate in government and have their voices, interests, and concerns recognized and acted upon.
Isaiah Berlin's essay "Two Concepts of Liberty" (1958) is typically acknowledged as the first to explicitly draw the distinction between positive and negative liberty.

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  1. S

    Why do I have to make gravity positive to make this work?

    Homework Statement Two objects are connected by a light string that passes over a frictionless pulley as shown in the figure below. m1 = 7.10 kg, m2 = 7.10 kg, and ϕ = 56°. When released from rest, m1 accelerates downward at 0.972 m/s2. For this to happen, the coefficient of kinetic friction...
  2. gracy

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  3. S

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    Homework Statement The problem along with its solution are attached in TheProblemAsWellAsSolution.jpeg file. For this post, I'm only referring to part (a), since part (b) is the same thing with another number. Homework Equations V = IR Parallel circuit: ##I = I_1 + I_2 + . . . + I_n## The...
  4. F

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  5. gracy

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  6. R

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  7. Titan97

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  8. ericdmurphy

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  9. Y

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  10. M

    Help:Why do electrons go from negative to positive?

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  11. Sharvina Gungah

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  12. D

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  13. S

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  14. DameLight

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  15. anemone

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  16. X

    MHB Find Positive Square Root of 30

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  17. I

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  18. S

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  19. anemone

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  20. wabbit

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  21. anemone

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  22. C

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  23. ChrisVer

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  24. M

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  25. Dennis C

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  29. S

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  30. D

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  32. D

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  33. M

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  34. CKaiL

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  35. A

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  36. andyrk

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  37. J

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  38. T

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  39. grandpa2390

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  40. R

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  41. J

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  42. anemone

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  43. anemone

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  44. N

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  45. D

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  46. Z

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  47. nomadreid

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  48. M

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  49. L

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  50. U

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