... actions were against all that is meant by negative liberty, they reduced the freedom of both Ulysses and the seamen. The same actions would be supported by theories of positive liberty since they were best for the long-term happiness of both Ulysses and his crew. Another distinction is that negative liberty is concerned not with what we do, but with what we can do. Berlin stated "Freedom is the opportunity to act, not Stephen Gladwell PI - U9237358 TMA - 01 action itself" (Ibid., p.xlii, as quoted in Arguments for Freedom, p.14). Positive liberty, on the other hand, is concerned not with what we can do but with what we have the capacity to do. All children in England can go to university. But many children do not have the opportunity or capacity to do this. It is positive freedom that supports the laws that state children have to go to school, learn and take ...

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