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Inside this Book – We are concerned in this book with that condition of men in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as is possible in society. This state we shall describe throughout as a state of liberty or freedom. 1 These two words have been also used to describe many other good things of life. It would therefore not be very profitable to start by asking what they really mean. 2 It would seem better to state, first, the condition which we shall mean when we use them and then consider the other meanings of the words only in order to define more sharply that which we have adopted. The state in which a man is not subject to coercion by the arbitrary will of another or others 3 is often also distinguished as “in- dividual” or “personal” freedom, and whenever we want to re- mind the reader that it is in this sense that we are using the word “freedom,” we shall employ that expression. Sometimes the term “civil liberty” is used in the same sense, but we shall avoid it be- cause it is too liable to be confused with what is called “political liberty”—an inevitable confusion arising from the fact that “civil” and “political” derive, respectively, from Latin and Greek words with the same meaning.
- Full Book Name – The Constitution of Liberty
- Author of this Book – Friedrich A. Hayek
- Language – English
- Book Genre – Economics
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- Size – 23 MB
- eBook Pages – 574
The Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich A. Hayek PDF Book
- Download The Constitution of Liberty PDF Book by Friedrich A. Hayek Inside this Book – We are concerned in this book with that condition of men in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as is possible in society. This state we shall describe throughout as a state of liberty or freedom. 1 These two words have been also used to describe many other good things of life. It would therefore not be very profitable to start by asking what they really mean. 2 It would seem better to state, first, the condition which we shall mean when we use them and then consider the other meanings of the words only in order to define more sharply that which we have adopted. The state in which a man is not subject to coercion by the arbitrary will of another or others 3 is often also distinguished as “in- dividual” or “personal” freedom, and whenever we want to re- mind the reader that it is in this sense that we are using the word “freedom,” we shall employ that expression. Sometimes the term “civil liberty” is used in the same sense, but we shall avoid it be- cause it is too liable to be confused with what is called “political liberty”—an inevitable confusion arising from the fact that “civil” and “political” derive, respectively, from Latin and Greek words with the same meaning.
- Full Book Name – The Constitution of Liberty
- Author of this Book – Friedrich A. Hayek
- Language – English
- Book Genre – Economics
- Download Format – PDF
- Size – 23 MB
- eBook Pages – 574
