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To: TimF who wrote (6577)	5/21/2007 7:46:22 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

"...Regarding “positive liberty,” like Richard, I urge people not to call human capabilities “liberty.” Otherwise, you have to say that catching the flu is a diminution of liberty. It cheapens the term. It dilutes and confuses the important classical liberal meaning of liberty, a tradition to which we owe so, so much. I see Liam’s expansive usage of “liberty” as part of that semantic subversion mentioned previously. I disagree with his statement: “it is obvious that nothing of significance for political theory turns on the correct meaning of words.” Semantic confusion can destroy ideas and distinctions that have been crucial in the cultural traditions within which our theorizing is embedded..." cato-unbound.org