Republican and liberal theories agree freedom requires real choice capacity, not just formal non-interference

Evidence

The claim that we need to think about reducing the influence of conditioning factors parallels an assumption that is often made by adherents of freedom as non-interference. Many such theorists take it for granted that in advancing the cause of freedom as non-interference it is important, not just to reduce the interference that people suffer in their given range of choice, but also to increase as far as possible the choices available to them by liberating them from unnecessary natural or social limitations; it is important not just to make freedom as noninterference a formal reality, as it is said, but also to make it effective. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 382

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freedom requires awareness of options, not just their existence — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 422

Broader Connections

• Freedom requires awareness of options, not just their existence #expands (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 422