In Simpson’s The Impossibility of Republican Freedom, he attacks Philip Pettit’s accounts of republican freedom. He raised two examples explicating that the impossibility of republican freedom. In this paper, I will go through Pettit’s account of republican freedom, and Simpson’s master-slave example. Also, I will focus on Simpson’s views:
“Just by living among other people, one exposes oneself to the risk of confederacy. When that risk is present, one is dominated” (p.34).
I will argue against this statement by claiming that people have the equal power and opportunity to resist the interference by cooperating with different people, so living among other people is the key element of not being dominated. In Pettit’s account of republican freedom,
“Just by living among other people, one exposes oneself to the risk of confederacy. When that risk is present, one is dominated” (p.34).
I will argue against this statement by claiming that people have the equal power and opportunity to resist the interference by cooperating with different people, so living among other people is the key element of not being dominated. In Pettit’s account of republican freedom,