Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

1-2018

Abstract

Those who favor liberty face a dilemma arising out of human diversity.While some groups of people will place a high value on liberty, others mayconsider it a lesser good or may value it scarcely at all. Preserving a free society by forcing everyone to value liberty runs against the spirit of freedom;but leaving those groups who do not care for liberty to live in that way alsodiminishes liberty, if in a different way. In the end the dilemma has to beresolved in favor of tolerating even those who do not care for liberty andthreaten to undermine it.

Discipline

Political Science | Politics and Social Change

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy

Volume

16

First Page

681

Last Page

695

ISSN

1536-5077

Identifier

10.1002/9781405177245.ch39

Publisher

Georgetown University Law Center

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405177245.ch39

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