Through the definition of freedom, we can know that "freedom" is a word that combines knowledge and practice, that is; Freedom includes free consciousness and free behavior, and free consciousness is also free thought. Free behavior includes free words and deeds, free words and deeds include free language and free classical Chinese, and free behavior is to practice for freedom.
Personal freedom is the core value concept of freedom and represents the political principle of liberalism. It advocates "the priority of individual rights" and emphasizes that individual rights are supreme and inviolable. Freedom regards the protection of individual freedom and rights as the premise and foundation of all political and moral principles.
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Liberalism is also a meaning of freedom. Liberalism came into being in the transitional period from feudal society to capitalist society in Europe, which reflected the political opinions and demands of the emerging bourgeoisie against feudal monarchy at that time. Liberalism has shown a strong revolutionary nature in its criticism of feudal autocracy. On the one hand, it requires individuals to be liberated from authoritarian political rule and gain political freedom.
Liberalism tries to prove that human beings can construct the legitimacy of political order through contractual activities rather than God's arrangement, and re-establish the relationship between rule and obedience. It can be said that the political liberation that liberalism wants to achieve is of great significance to the progress of human society and history. Liberalism and Marxist political philosophy have different views on justice.
Liberalism advocates political justice and demands that the functions of the state and public authorities be limited to a certain extent and individual rights be protected through legal norms. Oppose excessive interference and infringement of political power on civil society and private sphere, and prevent excessive public power from leading to totalitarianism and dictatorship. It can be said that liberalism focuses on the just behavior of political power.
If you have the right to choose freely, you can bargain in the process of choosing to be hired by capitalists and follow the principle of equal exchange. However, because workers do not possess the means of subsistence, they are bound to be exploited by capitalists. Although individuals are liberated from the personal control of political power, capital has become a new coercive force to rule and exploit people.
Marx's political philosophy transcends the theoretical horizon of liberal political justice, reveals the unfairness of the initial distribution of means of production in capitalist society, and criticizes the rule of capital over people under the condition of market economy. Marx's political philosophy aims at the polarization between the rich and the poor caused by the unequal possession of the means of production, puts forward the theoretical goal of realizing social justice and advocates the redistribution of the means of production.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Freedom