Comments on: Freedom From…Freedom To

By: steve

steve — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:05:06 +0000

Good stuff. I would also think protecting the negative freedoms of everyone would part of a man’s duty so that everyone has a clear path to live to their potential.

By: Daryl J. Yearwood

Daryl J. Yearwood — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:38:29 +0000

This is my all-time favorite “Freedom From/Freedom To” quote: “I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won`t be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity. I was interested in changing my life. I have always had the ability to change and become other people through my acting. I took a good look at myself and decided I wanted something different from the way I was living. That`s not such a bad thing, is it? But, because of my past, I think it took a lot of people by surprise. They wondered what was happening to me. I was very much aware of what was happening. I`m living the way I want to live.” -Harrison Ford

By: Ali Opecancope

Ali Opecancope — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:59:54 +0000

I got assigned to give a presentation on Isaiah Berlin’s work this week in my political philosophy class. Brett has made the work far easier for me ;)

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:13:51 +0000

I really enjoyed this article. I would like to talk to you about getting permission to use this as a foundation for a lesson/fireside/devotional?
It would be for a group of 12-18 year old young men and young women in my church?

By: rob mccluskey

rob mccluskey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:11:33 +0000

Excellent article until you enter the family court system. Everything male is outlawed & criminalized. Now they have achieved their goal of having the pernicious Sexual Harassment laws replace the Constitution. Very scary.

By: rob mccluskey

rob mccluskey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:08:25 +0000

Excellent article until you enter the family court system. Everything male is outlawed & criminalized. Thanx to the N.O.W.they have achieved their goal of having the pernicious Sexual Harassment laws replace the Constitution. Very scary.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:43:38 +0000

This is one of those articles that makes you recline into your chair and reflect deeply upon your life. After reading, I felt like I just had a heartfelt talk with my mentor, who upon hearing my woes, gave me a much needed but unexpected wake-up call. Great job Brett and Kate!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:12:09 +0000

This distinction is certainly made by St. Thomas Aquinas, for instance in article 7 , question 8, of the third part of his Summa Theologica. Also I’m pretty sure you could find it in Aristotle’s Ethics.

By: jared

jared — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:12:24 +0000

So is there a follow up? Such as are some men exempt from the neative freedom by birtue of their positive freedoms and dominance of will ie the dostoyevsky crime and punishment question.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:29:32 +0000

Suprised you didn’t illustrate this with Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” paintings.