The second of Jefferson's rights is the right to liberty (or freedom).

杰弗森写下的第二项权利是自由权。

It's called libertarianism because it says the fundamental individual right is the right to liberty.

它被称为自由主义是因为它宣称人的基本权利是自由权。

The right to liberty is a person's right to make his or her own decisions.

自由权是人们有自由作出决定的权利。

This revolutionary idea is credited to John Locke, an English philosopher who lived from 1632  to 1704. He is also called the Father of Liberalism because many of his theories  focused on a person's right to liberty.

这一革命性的想法归功于约翰·洛克，一位生活在 1632 年至 1704 年的英国哲学家。他也被称为自由主义之父，因为他的许多理论都关注个人的自由权。