Main Philosophical Conceptions of Freedom and Its Presence in The Ecuadorian Constitution [Spanish]

Authors

  • Fernando Marcelo Vasconez Universidad de Cuenca República del Ecuador
  • Leonardo Torres León Universidad de Cuenca Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación

Keywords:

Right to liberty, free will, negative and positive liberty, Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008, philosophical conceptions of freedom.

Abstract

The paper examines seven philosophical conceptions of freedom -including the distinctions between positive and negative liberty, and liberal and republican liberty-, exemplifying them with great authors in the history of philosophy. On the other hand, in order to enrich the vision with a concrete legal document, we examine the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008. The central aim of the research is to probe the use -made by those who participated in the drafting of that Constitution- of philosophical ideas concerning liberty in its threefold relation to: 1) values, such as common good and equality; 2) the correlative duties imposed on individuals and the society at large with respect to the holder of the right to freedom; and 3) the state and its laws. We hope that the results provide greater clarity in those debates of normative philosophy in which freedom is involved.

Author Biographies

  • Fernando Marcelo Vasconez, Universidad de Cuenca República del Ecuador

    Licenciado en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador;

    Maestría en Artes por el Dpto. de Filosofía de la Universidad de Pittsburgh (PA);

    Maestría y Ph. D. en Filosofía por la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, Bélgica;

    Profesor principal de la Carrera de Pedagogía de la Filosofía en la Universidad de Cuenca.

     

     

  • Leonardo Torres León, Universidad de Cuenca Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación

    Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación, en la Especialidad de Filosofía, Sociología y Economía by the University of Cuenca;

    Maestría en Integración Regional Latinoamericana, by the University of Cuenca and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO);

    Professor at the University of Cuenca

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Published

2019-08-18

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No. 32 (2020): January-june

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