On Economic Liberty

Abstract

As the most basic economic ethical value in the market economy,economic liberty is the extension and reflection of liberty in economic activities,signifying that economic subjects have economic activity and property rights according to their own will. In content,it includes economic subjects' liberty of production,distribution,exchange and consumption and property rights; in nature,it takes the form of negative liberty and positive liberty of economic activities. Viewing from the significance of economic ethics,economic liberty is closely connected with economic and social development,and it is the basic requirement for optimal allocation of market resources,the intrinsic motivation of economic development and prosperity,and the driving force of human civilization progress. To achieve economic liberty under the socialist market economy,conditions are required such as adopting responsibility ethics as the presupposition,the protection of property rights,adhering to distribution according to people's labor and taking the socialist institutions as the guarantee,etc.