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しょうきょくてきゆう 消極的自由
Noun
1. negative libertySee also 積極的自由
Wikipedia definition
2. Negative libertyNegative liberty is defined as freedom from interference by other people and is primarily concerned with the possession of sociological agency. It contrasts with positive liberty (an individual's freedom from inhibitions of the social structure within the society such as classism, sexism, or racism) . According to Thomas Hobbes, "a free man is he that in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do is not hindered to do what he hath the will to do" (Leviathan, Ch.
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