Freedom requires civic trust, not solitary defensive walls

Evidence

Non-domination is not maximized in the society where each person cowers behind the heaviest, highest walls that they can build or that the state can provide. To rely on such walls and on such walls only would be to cast other people in the role of enemies and to call down war upon yourself. The lesson of our discussion is that the best hope of furthering the republican ideal is certainly to do whatever can be done in the heavy materials of institutional protection, but also to build with other, less cumbersome fabrics. In particular, the lesson is that we must also build with materials of civic virtue and trust, even though they offer less satisfying images of solidity and security. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1192

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Free movement of people strains the republican ideal of non-domination against bounded civic community. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 70; Non-domination requires active citizen contribution and cannot be produced by institutions alone. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 74; Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 518 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Freedom is a relational fight that must be renewed, not a possession #expands (0.85) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3681
• Trust is a policy for coping with uncertainty about others’ freedom. #expands (0.85) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1049
• Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it #expands (0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 518
• Trust requires freedom be transferred from uncontrollable potency to institutionalized personal responsibility. #expands (0.80)
• Political freedom is constituted by institutions, not by the absence of actual interference #expands (0.80) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 22
• Freedom as non-domination is not reducible to security of non-interference. #expands (0.78) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 25
• Trust must be freely given and cannot be demanded without suspicion #qualifies (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 85
• Freedom as non-domination protects against the goodwill of others turning sour. #contradicts (0.72) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 136