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Ancient world was made up of...

...small, competing city-states (e.g. Ancient Greece, Rome)

Ancient world believed...

...that slavery freed the citizen from the production of wealth and chores

Ancient world citizens had more time for...

...participation in the political community, making their voices heard

The individual was expected to...

...continue to make sacrifices for the collective will.

Political liberty =

participation in sovereignty (an 'ancient' liberty)

Modern world is made up of...

...larger states which are brought together by commerce

Business...

...creates the basis for political relations

No longer slave-owning, so...

...all citizens participate in the production of wealth

Vast majority of the population do not have...

...much free time, so they need a representative, collective government

Sometimes people neglect...

...politics/the public sphere in favour of the private sphere.

Individual liberty =

the right to act without intrusion (a 'modern' liberty)

Positive liberty

freedom to act and control your own destiny

Positive liberty

e.g. democratic elections

Negative liberty

freedom from constraint

Negative liberty

i.e. nobody is stopping you from doing what you want to.

Positive liberty

should the state serve it by constraining it? (compulsory education)

Negative liberty

concerns the rules which have 'entered into the very conception of what it is to be a normal human being'

Constant

recognised that France had to strike a balance between the two