Liberty

LIBERTY
Liberty means the state of being free within society from

oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s behavior or political
view. But true liberty is human liberation from their sins. Once a person
is liberated from sin, his /her hearts become liberated from all sinful
feelings and his/ her mind becomes liberated from all deviated thought.
The word Liberty owes its origin to Latin word “Liber” which
means freedom. Liberty also means free from restraints. It implies
complete freedom to do anything one desire to do. There must not be any
limitation on the individual actions.
Liberty is a fundamental concept without which a man is hardly a

man. A man clothed with liberty is a man, otherwise he is dehumanized
and a mere slave. The term liberty is used in politics in to mean two
things i.e., the national liberty and individual liberty. The former is
obviously means the independence of a state from other state.
In its absolute sense, liberty means the faculty of willing and

power of doing what has been willed without influence from any other
source. Politics rest on two fundamental facts of human nature. Every
man likes to have his own way. At the same time, he possesses an instinct
for sociability. In practice, therefore an analysis of the modern concepts of
liberty shows two main ideas.
1. The individual wants to express his personality in thought, word

and act. He demands freedom i.e., an absence or a lessening of
restraints on his freedom of thought, speech and action both from
the govt. and from the private individual and association.
2. Secondly, freedom implies paradoxically the imposition of the mass of wage earner desire the provision of opportunity to live the
limitation with a view good life.
- to securing the equal freedom of all. for instance - the law of
level and criminal law generally. Kinds of Liberty: There are various types of Liberty viz;
- to providing opportunities or conditions of life which will 1. Natural Liberty: As generally understood, natural liberty implies
enable men to develop their personalities i.e., the provision of to complete freedom for a man to do what he please. Natural
compulsory education factory law etc. liberty existed in the state of nature which existed before the birth
We may know give some recognized definitions of Liberty: of society.
”The opposite of over - government” (Seeley) 2. Moral Liberty: Moral liberty is of great importance in the life of
an individual. Moral liberty means freedom to do things according
“The eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the to the dictates of one’s conscience. it is concerned with the
opportunity to be best slave” (Laski) individuals own self.
“Freedom is not the absence of restrain nut rather the substitution of
rational ones for irrational”(M. Kechnic) 3. Political Liberty: Sometimes also called constitutional liberty is
the right of an individual to take part in the affairs of state through
“Liberty is the freedom of individual to express, without external right to vote, right to stands as candidate for election and freedom
hindrance, his personality.” (G.D.H., Cole) of speech, press and meeting. In addition to these, the democratic
state also recognized political liberty i.e., the right to share in the
“Liberty is the positive power of doing and enjoying those things which
govt. of the state. The political liberty involves the following
are worthy of enjoyment and work.” (Gattell)
rights.
The above mentioned definitions possess both Negative and a) the right to vote
positive aspects of liberty. Taken together, they emphasis the idea that b) right to contest election
freedom exist not only in the absence of restraint but also in the presence c) the right to criticized the government
of opportunity. d) equal eligibility for government office.
It is remarkable that those whose possess wealth and power think

of liberty primarily in terms of absence of restraints, those who have no
4. Economic Liberty: Economic liberty is security and the
secure livelihood and are dependent on the others for their existence i.e.,
opportunity to find reasonable significance in the earning of one’s
daily bread made possible through such rights as the right to work
etc.
In simple words, Economic liberty means security of one’s
daily bread and reasonable opportunities for earning it. The
individual must be made free from the constant fear of
unemployment and insufficiency and must be safeguard against
the wants of tomorrow.
5. Civil liberty: Civil liberty which is also called as right of liberty is

the sum total of the right recognized by law and secured by the
coercive agency of the state. the civil liberty consists of the right
and privileges which the state creates and protects for its subject.
the most important of these rights recognized in various digress in
different states are as follows-
a) right to life
b) right to work
c) personal safety and freedom
d) the right to reputation
e) religious freedom
f) education
g) freedom of speech, public meeting and publication
h) right to association
i) family rights
j) property rights

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LIBERTY

Liberty means the state of being free within society from

Liberty is a fundamental concept without which a man is hardly a

In its absolute sense, liberty means the faculty of willing and

1. The individual wants to express his personality in thought, word

It is remarkable that those whose possess wealth and power think

5. Civil liberty: Civil liberty which is also called as right of liberty is

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