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Freedom as independence

List, Christian ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-800X and Valentini, Laura (2016) Freedom as independence. Ethics, 126 (4). 1043 - 1074. ISSN 0014-1704

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Identification Number: 10.1086/686006

Abstract

Much recent philosophical work on social freedom focuses on whether freedom should be understood as non-interference, in the liberal tradition associated with Isaiah Berlin, or as non-domination, in the republican tradition revived by Philip Pettit and Quentin Skinner. We defend a conception of freedom that lies between these two alternatives: freedom as independence. Like republican freedom, it demands the robust absence of relevant constraints on action. Unlike republican, and like liberal freedom, it is not moralized. We showcase the virtues of this conception and offer a novel map of the logical space in which different conceptions of freedom are located.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/current
Additional Information: © 2016 The University of Chicago
Divisions: Government
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Subjects: J Political Science > JC Political theory
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2016 13:02
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2024 04:36
Funders: Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64956

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