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ecksate t1_ix1akme wrote

Reply to comment by contractualist in Two Concepts of Freedom (Actual Freedom and Conscious Freedom) by contractualist

Sounds much better than "negative freedom" when you put it that way.

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TheSicilianDefense t1_ix2q0hn wrote

Neither of these is negative freedom, though. They’re both positive freedom concepts lol

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ecksate t1_ix3djoy wrote

To me it describes willingly conforming to negative freedom. The freedom where you only act within a set of constraining social norms telling you what not to do. It's just explained from a different angle. It's literally though shalt not because of social norms, except you're sooo happy and consciously free because you're not exhibiting full positive freedom beyond social norms.

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trlong t1_ix1gqpt wrote

Or the illusion of freedom.

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contractualist OP t1_ix46ny3 wrote

I discuss my views on free will here. Free will exists as a phenological experience and it shapes the boundaries of our moral universe. If free will is an illusion, then everything must be an illusion. So long as we can say our perceptions of the world exist, free will exists.

If you have any criticisms, I'd be happy to hear them and address them in future posts.

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jfdiller t1_ix73h9j wrote

You mean phenomenological experience?

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