On the people's terms : a republican theory and model of democracy / / Philip Pettit.
"According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive s...
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| Superior document: | The Seeley lectures |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | John Robert Seeley lectures.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 338 p. |
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| Summary: | "According to republican political theory, choosing freely requires being able to make the choice without subjection to another and freedom as a person requires being publicly protected against subjection in the exercise of basic liberties. But there is no public protection without a coercive state. And doesn't state coercion necessarily take from the freedom of the coerced? Philip Pettit addresses this question from a civic republican perspective, arguing that state interference does not involve subjection or domination if there is equally shared, popular control over government"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781107005112 (hardback) 9781139844673 (electronic bk.) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Philip Pettit. |