Berlin animadverted historical determinism in “Four Essays on Liberty”D.istin-guished two concepts of liberty ,it is pointed out that positive liberty may lead to totalitarianism .The dictatorship of unitary value is negated so that passive liberty is advo-cated along with multiple values that individuals and groups with various values may identify with each other .Admitting their uniqueness helps them to achieve harmoniously in the environ-ment with multiple cultures .%柏林在《自由四论》中批判了历史决定论,区分了两种自由概念,指出了积极自由可能导致的极权主义后果,否定了价值一元主义的独裁,通过主张消极自由,倡导价值多元性,使持不同价值理念的个体或群体通过相互间的认同,彼此承认各自的独特性,从而使存在差异的个体或群体能在多元主义的文化氛围中和谐共处。
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