Republican freedom can relate to noninterference in various distinct ways.
Evidence
On the one hand, we might try to incorporate some measure of noninterference into our idea of freedom as non-domination. Something like this approach was initially taken by Pettit (1997, 74–7): there he distinguished between factors that “compromise” liberty, and factors that “condition” it. Perhaps my republican freedom is compromised when someone gains arbitrary power over me, but it is merely conditioned when I lack the means or opportunities to make full use of it, and interferences might be one such conditioning factor. On the other hand, we might allow that republican freedom and noninterference are distinct goods, but hold that both are valuable in some degree. We might either regard them as having roughly equal value (Skinner 1998), or we might regard republican liberty as having greater importance than non-interference, other things equal (Viroli 2002, Pettit 2012). — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 29
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes Pettit’s ‘compromise vs. condition’ distinction within republican liberty theory.
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 29
- XREF: connects to: Republican freedom means absence of dependence on arbitrary power, not non-interference. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 18; On the republican view, non-arbitrary laws do not reduce freedom but can enhance it. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 47; Republicans hold liberty as non-domination while liberals define it as mere non-interference. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 46 (+7 more)
Related
- Republican freedom means absence of dependence on arbitrary power, not non-interference. (similarity 0.94)
- Republicans hold liberty as non-domination while liberals define it as mere non-interference. (similarity 0.92)
- Freedom in the republican tradition means non-domination rather than merely non-interference (similarity 0.92)
- The republican tradition prized liberty as non-domination, not democratic participation (similarity 0.91)
- Republican freedom as non-domination fuses absence from negative and mastery from positive liberty. (similarity 0.91)
- Republican freedom depends on laws that constrain power without creating new domination (similarity 0.90)
- Freedom means no one holds arbitrary power to interfere with us. (similarity 0.89)
- Republicanism offers a third way of understanding freedom beyond liberal and populist models (similarity 0.88)
- On the republican view, non-arbitrary laws do not reduce freedom but can enhance it. (similarity 0.88)
- In republican theory, law itself creates freedom rather than merely restricting it (similarity 0.88)
- Freedom as non-domination is not reducible to security of non-interference. (similarity 0.88)
- Freedom as non-domination differs from non-interference by targeting the mere capacity for arbitrary interference. (similarity 0.88)
- Republicans held that subjection to another’s arbitrary will itself constitutes unfreedom (similarity 0.87)
- Republican freedom can be equated with an extended rule of law (similarity 0.87)
- Freedom can be reconceived as non-domination rather than non-interference or self-mastery (similarity 0.87)
Broader Connections
- On the republican view, non-arbitrary laws do not reduce freedom but can enhance it.
#expands(0.85) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 47 - Republicans hold liberty as non-domination while liberals define it as mere non-interference.
#expands(0.80) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 46 - In republican theory, law itself creates freedom rather than merely restricting it
#qualifies(0.80) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 53 - Republicans held that subjection to another’s arbitrary will itself constitutes unfreedom
#expands(0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1209 - Republican freedom as non-domination fuses absence from negative and mastery from positive liberty.
#expands(0.75) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 122