
Philip Pettit on Republicanism
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The Libertarian Tradition and Freedom
Freedom is non-domination. You are unfreeing someone who has got a power of interfering over you. The reason why is this? Unfreeting is thought of as subjection to the will of another person. So I depend on Nigel's will, remaining a goodwill and remaining an adulting indulgent will so to speak in order to exercise these choices. This is really the core claim made by those that think that redefining renewing the republican tradition is a good way to go in contemporary political thinking.
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