Republican freedom has always included a felt dimension of security, not just formal non-interference

Evidence

The association of freedom with subjective and often intersubjective status-the association of freedom with a feeling of independence and immunity-goes back a long way in the republican tradition (Wirszubski 1968: 159). It is even there in Machiavelli, who is more tolerant of coercion and terror than most writers. ‘The common benefit gained from a free comrmmity’, he says, ‘is recognised by nobody while he possesses it: namely, the power of enjoying freely his possessions without any anxiety, of feeling no fear for the honor of his women and his children, of not being afraid for himself (Machiavelli 1965: 236). — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 358

Categorization

• XREF: Relevant to the reader’s research on how shared institutional membership produces felt security absent external threat — Pettit here documents that republican freedom was understood as felt, not only structural. — connects to: True liberty is resilient security against interference, not merely its absence

Broader Connections

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