SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY

Social and Political Theory

Social and Political Theory

Introduction

The idea of individual between a pessimistic and a optimistic feeling of "independence", the term was first discussed by Isaiah Berlin in 1958 at a meeting entitled "Two concepts of liberty." He defined pessimistic liberation as the nonexistence of constraints, barriers or obstacles in the actions of agents and possible "positive self-determination [that] the opportunity to act in such a way to take control of their lives and achieve their essential objectives. Optimistic freedom associated with the idea of self-discipline, control, self-government and self-fulfillment.

Discussion

Give details and significantly assess these different accounts of self-determination.

Thee theorists who are critical of the liberal tradition, like Rousseau, Hegel, Marx and TH Green, believe that the state must promote and defend freedom of citizens a positive conception of political freedom. Green says that "it is the responsibility of the state to maintain the conditions without which the free exercise of human faculties is impossible."

J.S Mill and T.H. Green on Liberty

Greens believe that the state must promote and protect the social, political and economic environment in which people are best able to act in accordance with their conscience. Notice that the green color is not the principle that all actions, regardless of the origin.... (Low 1998 102)

Nevertheless, the state should exercise caution when deciding to limit freedoms, and how to harness. Clumsy government intervention or excessive enthusiasm is easy to conscious action, thereby stifling opportunities for moral development of personality. The state should intervene only clear trend is strong and the freedom to enslave man. Although this threat was green takes more action, affect the community and national government action - the municipalities and municipal authorities in general, measures that produce much better in everyday reality and social problems. That's why I prefer "local option", where local residents have decided to license their opinion through city council....

Green said that the ultimate power to decide on the allocation of tasks should be based on the central government (in the UK, including the parliament). Nation-state itself to such an extent that Green was entitled to maintain a system of rights and responsibilities that is likely to contribute to individual self-fulfillment. However, systems to determine the most appropriate structure, rather than a purely political statement, rather than philosophical speculation. As we see, is more accurate to say that this is due to conceptual and normative structure of the individual and society.

Green is clearly a warning too much delicacy to overcome obstacles in the end, its recognition by the British government (including parliament), where a judge of human behavior. (Jones 2000 67)

Once again, we met with (possibly) "smart people who believe that intelligence allows them to specialists in other people's souls and lead them through a clumsy tool for the state.

The theory of recognition is well established, mature research paradigm and philosophy, and it is so influential and influence events in other humanities and social sciences. Discussions of moral philosophy, the main roots of the obligation to discuss the ...