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1、ThemoralityoffreedomJohnRazOxforduniversitypress19881.TheProblemofPoliticalFreedomAbstractandKeywordsCentraltoliberalismistheconceptofpoliticalfreedom.Revisionistswronglyclaimthatlibertyhasonlyinstrumentalvalue,buttheydoneverthelesscontributeseveralcogentargumentsrelevanttothequestionof
2、howthevalueoflibertyistobejustified.Thedoctrineofthepresumptionoflibertyandthethesisthatliberty‘justhas’intrinsicvaluearerightlyrejectedbyrevisionists,sinceneithercangrounddistinctionsbetweendifferentfreedoms.Linguisticanalysisisoflimitedusetothejustificationofthevalueofliberty,sincedis
3、tinctionsbetweennotionsoffreedomandunfreedomdonotmatchnormativelyrelevantdistinctions.Thisbookseekstodefendaliberaltheoryoflimitedgovernmentwithoutresorttothemistakenpremisesofindividualism,whichitrejects.Keywords:freedom,government,individualism,liberalism,liberty,linguisticanalysis1.1
4、.AJourneyofExplorationThisisabookaboutpoliticalfreedom.Itisbothanintroductionandacontributiontothepoliticaltheoryofliberalism.Liberalismcanbeunderstoodinhistoricalterms.ItisapoliticaltraditionwhichhasdevelopedandbecomeoneofthedominantpoliticalforcesinwhatisknownastheWesternworldoverthel
5、astthreehundredyearsorso.Itisidentifiedbyaseriesofpoliticalcausesespousedbyliberalsoverthecenturies,byavarietyofclaimsabouttheworkingofsocietyandtheeconomy,andbyaclusterofideasconcerningthefundamentalprinciplesofpoliticalmorality.Itisprobablytruetosaythatnopoliticalcause,noonevisionofso
6、cietynoranypoliticalprinciplehascommandedtherespectofallliberalsinanygivengeneration,letalonethroughthecenturies.1ButtheliberaltraditiondisplaysaconsiderabledegreeofunityandcontinuitywhichhaveenabledittobecomeoneofthedominantandmostformativestrandsofWesternculture.Thisessay,however,will
7、notpursuethehistoricaltrail.Itisaddressedprimarilytopeoplewhogrewupintheembraceoftheliberaltraditionorwhoatleasthavefeltitsattraction,tothosewhowishtodefinetheirownpositionrelativetothattradition.Theyhopetoidentifyacoherentbodyofideaswhichplacesthemsomewhereinsidetheliberaltrad
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