Freedom v.s. Freedom
I need help. I need to find two different words to contrast two different ideas. Both ideas are best described as freedom, however, both are different and, depending on your interpretation, contradictory. For now, I'll briefly describe the two ideas using modifiers for clarity.
Political freedom means not being coercively subject to the rule of man, nor coercively subjecting others to the rule of man. The zero aggression principle is a good summary of political freedom.
The idea of political freedom excludes behavior which violates others' freedom, such as stealing or murder. However, it includes, as acceptable, any behavior that does not violate that principle. For example, political freedom allows for the rejection of God and other self-destructive and others-destructive behavior that is consensual (e.g. recreational drug abuse not involving non-consensual violence).
Christian freedom is (probably) a subset of political freedom. It would include freedom from the rule of men, but exclude behavior that would be considered evil, even if it does not involve aggression against other people. Blasphemy and idolatry, for example, would be included in political freedom, but not in Christian freedom.
Fundamentally, both types of freedom are negative in nature. That is to say, both are focused on what you cannot do or what cannot be done to you. I would argue that Christian freedom does not include positive mandates (that is, of course, not all Christianity has to say about behavior).
The primary difference between the two is that political freedom allows evil and/or destructive behavior so long as it is consensual, while Christian freedom does not.
Given those brief and maybe rough descriptions, what words would best describe those concepts?
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Political freedom means not being coercively subject to the rule of man, nor coercively subjecting others to the rule of man. The zero aggression principle is a good summary of political freedom.
The idea of political freedom excludes behavior which violates others' freedom, such as stealing or murder. However, it includes, as acceptable, any behavior that does not violate that principle. For example, political freedom allows for the rejection of God and other self-destructive and others-destructive behavior that is consensual (e.g. recreational drug abuse not involving non-consensual violence).
Christian freedom is (probably) a subset of political freedom. It would include freedom from the rule of men, but exclude behavior that would be considered evil, even if it does not involve aggression against other people. Blasphemy and idolatry, for example, would be included in political freedom, but not in Christian freedom.
Fundamentally, both types of freedom are negative in nature. That is to say, both are focused on what you cannot do or what cannot be done to you. I would argue that Christian freedom does not include positive mandates (that is, of course, not all Christianity has to say about behavior).
The primary difference between the two is that political freedom allows evil and/or destructive behavior so long as it is consensual, while Christian freedom does not.
Given those brief and maybe rough descriptions, what words would best describe those concepts?
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