Freedom, Solidarity, and Their Institutions

Author:

Stuhr John J.1

Affiliation:

1. Emory University

Abstract

ABSTRACT Beginning with the observation that “freedom” has many meanings, this article explains that freedom is typically understood in one of three ways: as self-determination (in terms of its origin), as choice (in terms of its experience), or as power (in terms of its outcome). These accounts render freedom essentially a feature or characteristic of individuals. Against such views, this article argues that freedom is a feature of institutions and the practices those institutions make possible. In this context, it is clear that only some freedoms are compatible with the institutions of democracy. Democratic freedom requires democratic institutions (now under attack from authoritarian and market forces), democratic personal ways of life (now under attack by forces that foster non-democratic habits), and a democratic, inclusive understanding of selves and their powers to love others and attend to their suffering and well-being.

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Subject

Philosophy

Reference27 articles.

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2. “Quotidian Tasks.”;Journal of Speculative Philosophy,2022

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