Freedom is a social status conferring security and standing among others

Evidence

Make those things important and it is very natural to think of freedom as the social status of being relatively proof against arbitrary interference by others, and of being able to enjoy a sense of security and standing among them. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 30

Categorization

• XREF: The status-based, subjective dimension of freedom connects to the reader’s interest in how institutional arrangements give people a felt sense of membership — relevant to solidarity without out-group threat. — connects to: Individual freedom is grounded in meanings others have already established. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 75; For social individuals, freedom is a positive relation to the environment — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3668; Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• For social individuals, freedom is a positive relation to the environment #expands (0.85) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3668
• Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144
• Others’ freedom is the condition of, not a limit on, my own freedom #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 91
• One person’s freedom requires that all in their vulnerability class be free #expands (0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1244
• Human freedom is achieved socially, not through nature #corroborates (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1445
• Individual freedom is grounded in meanings others have already established. #expands (0.78) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 75
• Willing one’s own freedom and willing others’ freedom are the same act #corroborates (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 88
• Freedom can be defined through domination rather than through respect for others. #contradicts (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 164
• Freedom and situation are mutually constituting rather than opposites #expands (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1164
• Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it #expands (0.75) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 518
• Liberated individuals turn from equality toward distinguishing themselves from others #contradicts (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 535
• Larger social circles encourage individual freedom; smaller ones restrict it #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 642
• Freedom and independence are distinct and often mutually exclusive #qualifies (0.72) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 824
• Freedom is the human capacity to put beings out of circuit behind a nothingness #contradicts (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 225