From Republican to Liberal Liberty

Title
From Republican to Liberal Liberty
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Ghosh, Eric
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-4638
Email: eghosh@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:eghosh
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Place of publication
United Kingdom
UNE publication id
une:1718
Abstract
Philip Pettit's narrative of the eclipse of republican by liberal liberty in late eighteenth-century Britain adds colour and plausibility to his analytical contrast between republican and liberal liberty. The narrative supports his argument that republicanism and liberalism can be helpfully contrasted in terms of non-domination and non- interference conceptions of liberty. While the narrative has not been scrutinized in the literature, it is in fact flawed. The flaws raise new questions about how stringent a value liberty as non-domination is and what motivated the value. The flaws also raise new questions about the significance of liberty as non-interference within the very strand of liberalism that Pettit focuses upon. Finally, the article casts doubt on some aspects of Quentin Skinner's interpretation of republican liberty.
Link
Citation
History of Political Thought, 29(1), p. 132-167
ISSN
0143-781X
Start page
132
End page
167

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