Ed Brayton and Mark Olson have been discussing the meaning of the word “liberty” especially with regard to the Declaration of Independence and what the Americans may have thought they were fighting for in the American Revolution. The whole discussion is linked at Positive Liberty, and Jason Kuznicki carries the analysis deeper — a good addition to the discussion, since Kuznicki is actually a historian.
Kuznicki’s post is here: http://positiveliberty.com/2006/07/olson-and-brayton-on-the-meanings-of-liberty.html
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