Political Science · Political Theory
Who among the following discussed two types of liberty as the Opportunity Concept of Freedom (Negative Liberty) and the Exercise Concept of Freedom (Positive Liberty)?
ARobert Nozick
BMilton Friedman
CCharles Taylor ✓ Correct
DHarold Laski
Correct answer: (C) Charles Taylor — Charles Taylor drew the contrast between the opportunity and exercise concepts of freedom, so the answer is Charles Taylor.
Explanation
★Charles Taylor drew the contrast between the opportunity and exercise concepts of freedom, so the answer is Charles Taylor.
★In the opportunity concept, freedom is just having open options available, whether or not one uses them.
★This matches negative liberty, which counts only the absence of external obstacles.
★In the exercise concept, freedom means actually controlling and directing one's own life.
★This matches positive liberty, which looks at self-mastery and the realisation of one's purposes.
★Taylor argued that negative liberty alone is insufficient because mere open doors are not real self-rule.
★Nozick, Friedman and Laski wrote on liberty too, but this specific pairing belongs to Taylor.
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