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Republican freedom and the rule of law

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  • Christian List

    (London School of Economics, UK, c.list@lse.ac.uk)

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At the core of republican thought, on Philip Pettit’s account, lies the conception of freedom as non-domination, as opposed to freedom as noninterference in the liberal sense. I revisit the distinction between liberal and republican freedom and argue that republican freedom incorporates a particular rule-of-law requirement, whereas liberal freedom does not. Liberals may also endorse such a requirement, but not as part of their conception of freedom itself. I offer a formal analysis of this rule-of-law requirement and compare liberal and republican freedom on its basis. While I agree with Pettit that republican freedom has broader implications than liberal freedom, I conclude that we face a trade-off between two dimensions of freedom (scope and robustness) and that it is harder for republicans to solve that trade-off than it is for liberals.

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  • Christian List, 2006. "Republican freedom and the rule of law," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 5(2), pages 201-220, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:5:y:2006:i:2:p:201-220
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X06064222
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    1. Hallvard Sandven, 2020. "Systemic domination, social institutions and the coalition problem," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 19(4), pages 382-402, November.

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    Keywords

    freedom; republicanism; liberalism; noninterference; non-domination; rule of law; robustness; liberal paradox;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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