Liberty

Liberté

François Facchini (1, 2)

1 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
2 UP1 UFR02 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - École d'économie de la Sorbonne

Freedom is “the power to do what I want to do". Freedom raises questions, on the one hand, about the relationship between human beings and nature (via the question of determinism) and, on the other hand, about the relationship between one human being and another (via the topics of duty and obligation). The response of human beings to the constraints that nature places upon the will is exemplified in technology. The response of human beings to the constraints that can be imposed by other human beings is exemplified by law.

Mots clés: Liberty; Law of nature; Human Law; Entrepreneur; Free actions; freedom; Determinism

Domaines: Economies et finances

François Facchini. Liberty. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2014, pp.1-9. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6⟩. ⟨hal-01350622⟩