Critics of the conception of freedom according to Pettit’s neorepublicanism

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https://doi.org/10.18226/21784612.v26.e021018

Abstract

Pettit developed a normative version of republicanism based on the conception of freedom as non-domination, from the separation between Berlin’s negative and positive freedom, constituting a third form of freedom different from the non-interference of liberalism and the self-control of populism. However, the reconstruction of the concept of freedom in the history of philosophy shows that the negative and positive sides form two inseparable faces of the same coin, so Hobbes conceived a concept of freedom as a movement/non-impediment to support Cromwell’s republic, while Liberals, like Locke, thought of freedom as consent/non-arbitrariness and Republicans,

Author Biography

Aylton Barbieri Durão, UNIVERSIDAE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA

professor do Departamento e do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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Published

2021-10-19

How to Cite

Durão, A. B. (2021). Critics of the conception of freedom according to Pettit’s neorepublicanism. Conjectura: Filosofia E educação, 26, e021018. https://doi.org/10.18226/21784612.v26.e021018

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