ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the highly influential contribution made by Isaiah Berlin to the conceptual analysis of the idea of freedom. From an analysis of the narrow area of classical liberalism on which it highlights the lack of explicit justification for what is nevertheless a view that is deeply entrenched within the classical liberal tradition. The view that there is always a tension and competitive rivalry between the forces of 'capitalism' and 'economic liberty', on the one side, and those of social justice and equality, on the other. The chapter highlights the prevalence of this view within the social liberal tradition. It further highlights the prevalence among some of the most influential twentieth-century classical liberal thinkers of the familiar orthodox interpretation of market freedom and its relationship with other values and ideals which is expressed in Berlin's work. It also focuses on the work of Friedrich Hayek.
