Multiple choice

Who among the following thinkers formulated the concept of positive and negative liberty?

  1. Karl Marx

  2. C.B. Macpherson

  3. Isaiah Berlin

  4. Michael Oakeshott

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Isaiah Berlin's 1958 lecture 'Two Concepts of Liberty' is the definitive source for the distinction between negative liberty (freedom from interference) and positive liberty (the capacity to be one's own master).