Negative vs Positive liberty

ISAIAH BERLIN.....wat a Legend!!!

True freedom needn't be defined. The fact that there are even two choices, negative vs positive liberty, suggests that we are limited to either one or the other (or both if it is possible to create a hybrid where we are coerced into doing only what pleases us), and freedom, by definition, should have no limit. Most of us, aren't ready to think, feel, do for ourselves. When people want freedom, they will have freedom. Our present reality indicates or desire to be controlled.

Berlin never actually said any of the stuff this illiterate documentary ascribes to him. By the way, Berlin was a man of the LEFT - which you might have missed if your only acquaintance with him came from watching television programs like this. He also never advocated negative liberty over positive liberty. He merely resented the conflation between such differing concepts

Does anyone know the name of the music at 3:20? thank you.

by the way, i think this video is great it explains well the importance of freedom. i believe the the more free people are, the more likely they are to pursuing their own good, and consequently, the "common good". let's strive for limiting the size of government and power in general!

Near the end of the video, the commentator tells us that Berlin thinks negative freedom, when seen as an absolute ideal, becomes coercive. Was he suppose to say positive freedom? How does negative freedom lead to coercion? Thanks for the clarification!

Positive freedom, to me, is the idea that there is a right way to live that will be beneficial for everyone, and if everyone had the insight and honesty to understand this ideal, they would most certainly agree. People have used this logic as justification for murdering people who do not agree to this higher, more just form of living. From religious institutions to brutal dictators. Power, when combined with positive freedom or the idea that I am right, and you are wrong, is a dangerous mix.

Imagine a politician standing up and saying "I'm going to do less for you!"

I now understand why educated, non-guilty people vote for these kinds of politicians.

Education is the answer, and by education I mean actually teaching people substantive, tangible facts about reality, rather than shuffling them through institutions to meet a quota.

The way we're going right now is so wrong!