private Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/private/ Professor, writer, politician Tue, 19 Oct 2021 03:20:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 private Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/private/ 32 32 217957751 Citizenship and Moral Narcissism https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/1989/citizenship-and-moral-narcissism/ Sun, 01 Jan 1989 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1957 Putting freedom first is what liberal society has always stood for. There is nothing wrong with enterprise, initiative, personal responsibility or even the lawful pursuit of private profit. What is incoherent is believing these goals can be achieved without a citizenship of entitlement, without the shared foundation that alone Makes freedom possible for all.

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