Definition of FREEDOM
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: the quality or state of being free: as
a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action
b : liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : independence
c : the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous
d : ease, facility
e : the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken
f : improper familiarity
g : boldness of conception or execution
h : unrestricted use
So, is the Danish definition 'Freedom from anxiety about economic insecurity'? I suppose you can use the ablative form to really twist freedom around.
Perhaps someone defines freedom as 'Freedom from making decisions.'
Why did you skip
": the quality or state of being free: as
a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action"
It was top of the list. And the Danish idea fits perfectly with it.
Because economic security is not necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action. I understand there are those who think that 'economic freedom' is 'wealth equality', but that's an obfuscation of sub-definitions 'a' and 'c'.
Um. Of course it isn't. But the
absence of economic security creates necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action. So providing economic security can legitimately be called providing freedom. You may not want it to happen because you believe that the threat of poverty is a moral benefit but you have to accept that not everyone will agree with you.
Yea, in the same way that an absence of someone telling me what to do creates necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action if I'm unable to think for myself and make my own choices. Again, this goes back to definition 'c', where freedom has to be qualified as freedom 'from' something.
In the 'Danish' case, that's Freedom from poverty. My example of 'Freedom from making decisions' still stands. So, is 'Freedom from making decisions' freedom?
The Danes are free in both senses of the word. They can make decisions but they are provided for if it all goes wrong. I dont' get what your problem is with that. Poverty is not a social good. The absence of poverty does not mean the absence of making decisions.