(1) Watkins, J. W. N., “Philosophy”, in Agenda for a Free Society, Essays on Hayek's Constitution of Liberty, publié par Arthur Seldon (London, Hutchinson, 1961).Google Scholar

(2) Constitution, p. 133.Google Scholar

(3) Ibid. p. 134.

(4) Ibid. p. 139

(5) Ibid. p 20

(6) Ibid. p. 14.

(7) Page 143, faisant allusion au service militaire, Hayek écrit:

Though compulsory military service, while it lasts, undoubtedly involves severe coercion, and though a lifelong conscript could not be said ever to be free, a predictable limited period of military service certainly restricts the possibility of shaping one's own life less than would, for instance, a constant threat of arrest, resorted to by an arbitrary power to ensure what it regards as good behavior.

Ce texte est intéressant parce qu'il n'envisage pas la limitation de la contrainte à l'intérieur du service militaire. II implique donc que le soldat en tant que tel subisse une sévère contrainte. Hayek n'en tire pas la conclusion que certaines activités humaines et sociales ne comportent pas la liberté au sens où il a défini ce concept.

(8) Ibid. p. 135.

(9) Ibid. pp. 150–51.

(10) Ibid. p. 153.

(11) Ibid. p. 156.

(12) Ibid. p. 155.

(13) Ibid. p. 155.

(14) Ibid. p. 144.

(15) Ibid. p. 314.

(16) Ibid. p. 314.

(17) Ibid. p. 145.

(18) Ibid. p. 263:

I wish to add here my opinion that, until the protection of individual freedom is much more firmly secured that it is now, the creation of a world state probably would be a greater danger to the future of civilization that even war.

(19) Il me paraît aventureux d'admettre que les plus grands esprits ont discuté passionnément et durant tant de siècles de questions sans portée et même sans signification. Je crois donc erronée l'affirmation:

It appears that the assertion that the will is free has as little meaning as its denial and the whole ssue is a phantom problem, a dispute about words in which the contestants have not made clear what an affirmative or a negative answer would imply.

Le débat sur le caractère significatif ou non significatif du débat traditionnel sur la liberté de la volonté a remplacé ce dernier débat. Je n'y vois pas un progrès.

(20) Ibid. p. 76.

(21) Ibid. p. 80.

(22) Rueff, Jacques, L'ordre social (Paris, 1945), 2 vol.Google Scholar

(23) Op. cit. t. II, p. 568.

(24) Constitution, p. 134.Google Scholar

(25) Rueff, , op. cit. t. II, p. 607.Google Scholar

(26) On se rapportera aussi à l'essai de (Oxford, 1958). SirBerlin, Isaiah, Two concepts of libertyGoogle Scholar

* Je continuerai, dans un prochain numéiro, l'examen de la théorie libérate de la liberté.