Two Conceptions of Freedom or Two Appearances of a single Conception? E

In his essay "Two Concepts of Liberty," Isaiah Berlin distinguishes between two conceptions of freedom, namely negative and positivist conception of freedom. Basically he defines negative closeness as the absence seizure of coercion. He states "To coerce a man is to deprive him of freedom" (121). accord to him, coercion is the intention to interfere in the freedom of an individual. Thus, absence of coercion is absence of deliberate, intentional coercion. For him, negative liberty requires an immune area, away from the detectable action of early(a) people. For the accomplishment of freedom "some portion of human reality must remain independent of the sphere of social control" (126) However, work of negative liberty, creation of the immune area from coercion, is contingent upon the authority to be kept at bay. Therefore, the position of authority, which entails coercive powers, should be controlled in exhibition to make them accountable to the people, whose freedom, immunity from coercion depends on. Positive liberty, on the other hand, is, not freedom from coercion, but freedom to determine ones own constituent it is self-determination. In this sense positive liberty is a necessary narrow down of human being, right to choose, right to determine ones behavior. Berlin maintains that the negative and positive concepts of liberty are "at no great logical distance from individually other," but in reality they are profoundly divergent, in situation irreconcilable,...