# Negative and Positive Liberty, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/negative-and-positive-liberty-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 2, 2015

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George H. Smith discusses some of the problems in libertarian theory caused by the many different conceptions of liberty.

[Originally published in essay form on December 18, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/negative-positive-liberty-part-2)

_Narrated by James Foster._