1. Liberty
Therefore, the authentic meaning of man's liberty, which requires him to act in ways that serve his true good, contrasts sharply with modern notions that goals and means are good because they are desired. ... The clearest sixteenth-century defender of the older concepts of liberty was Richard Hooker, who maintained that liberty, properly exercised, requires men to act in conformance with the traditional social, political, and religious orders, which enable them to serve ends proper to their being. ... Such views were challenged by those who denied that liberty was a means by which men ser...
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