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On the People's Terms

Hardcover • 2012 • English

On the People's Terms

By Pettit, Philip

8 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does this mean that any freedom we enjoy is a superficial good that presupposes a deeper, political form of subjection? Philip Pettit addresses this crucial question in On the People's Terms. He argues that state coercion will not involve individual sub...Show more

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ISBN

9780521182126

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

On the People's Terms

Format

Hardcover

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