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| Good Freedom and Bad Freedom |
| Han Dongpin |
| Department of Philosophy， Huazhong University of Science and Technology， Wuhan 430074 |
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Abstract In view of the logical relationship between a proper definition of freedom and an adequate theory of freedom， that is， they are interoperable， and in order to solve various problems encountered in existing discourses concerning freedom， this paper defines freedom as follows： actor independently and voluntarily does or avoids doing someting， not interfered by anyone else. Thus freedom is a description of the property of human action； it is a notion about facts. And since free actions satisfy one best，so facts turn into values，and everyone wants to keep the right of freedom for ever. If the world were a one-man world， to hold the right of freedom would mean pure benefits. But in the real many-men world， to hold the right of freedom for everyone may result in interest conflicts， and this person’s gain may be that person’s loss. So we can distinguish good freedom from bad freedom. Bad freedom necessarily results in everyone’s unfreedom， and on the other hand， good freedom allows everyone running parallel. Therefore，only good freedom is true freedom， worthy our pursuing； bad freedom is fake freedom， and should be prohibited. For only good freedom is worth pursuing， free citizen would mean the citizen that has a right of good freedom， and free state would mean the state that recognizes the right of good freedom of all the national citizens. Free citizen is the end and free state is a mere means.
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Received: 20 November 2018
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2018, Vol. 57 
