By the end of this unit you should:
be able to distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom;
have a good knowledge of the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty?;
be able to recognise emotive language, to distinguish between necessary truths and contingent facts, and to appreciate what is involved in refutation by counterexample.
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