Lars J. K. Moen

The Republican Dilemma (eBook, ePUB)

Promoting Freedom in a Modern Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Freedom" is a central concept in contemporary political philosophy and the history of political thought. Liberals tend to see freedom as the absence of any kind of interference, while republicans understand freedom as the absence of domination, by which they mean the absence of interference you, as a free person, have not yourself instructed. These two concepts inform a debate over the extent to which the republican freedom illuminates shortcomings in prominent liberal theories. Author Lars Moen claims that not only do we need more precise definitions of freedom, but that the republican critique of liberalism ironically promotes a liberal theory, giving us the same prescriptions for how institutions ought to promote freedom. Moen shows that while a distinctly republican view of freedom is too demanding to serve as a guiding ideal for a modern society, it can form the basis for a critique of liberalism. In particular, it can offer a critical perspective on a liberal acceptance of politically inactive citizens. The book thus points toward a distinctly republican position in contemporary political philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197757048
• Artikelnr.: 72255468

Autorenporträt

Lars J.K. Moen is an award-winning political philosopher at the University of Vienna. His research focuses especially on concepts of freedom, liberalism, and republicanism. He also works on democratic theory, collective decision-making, and collective agency.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Scope
Chapter 3: Robustness
Chapter 4: Public reason
Chapter 5: Ethos
Chapter 6: Pluralism
Chapter 7: Ideal
Chapter 8: Conclusion
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