Necessity of Freedom and the Legal Government in Hayek's Thought

Subject Areas : International Relations

Mohammad Tohidfam ¹

1 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran

Received: 2012-03-07 Accepted : 2012-04-25 Published : 2012-06-25

Keywords: Liberalism, Keywords: Freedom, Legal Government, Catallaxy, Free Economic Market, Totalitarianism,

Abstract :

Abstract Friedrich Von Hayek was one of the deep thinkers and defenders of individual freedom and legal government .Freedom, ownership and law are the three main concepts of Hayek's thought .Legal government defend from freedom and individual necessarily and ownership and law depend on together. Hayek believed on negative freedom which is lack of any kind of foreign compulsion or dependence to others will .He believed that in this case law is the only guarantor of freedom and the only way toward this kind of freedom is the equitable behavior .He believed that any kind of foreign compulsion is the enemy of individual freedom and legal government as well as each person related to confirmation of justly behavior. Hayek proposed legal government for this reason that governments did not introduce themselves beyond law. Hayek's legal government with using from deterrents law is a guarantor of individual freedom .This article through consider of Hayek's short biography, philosophical and economical epistemology, wanted to rethinking the strong relationship between freedom and legal government.    

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