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T1 Political Freedom in a Deliberative System
A1 Bello Hutt, Donald
AB Champions of systemic approaches to deliberative democratic theory consider that deliberative systems serve sundry functions. Whether guaranteeing political freedom should be one of those functions has not been explored in the scholarly literature. This article thus examines which conceptions of freedom underpin systemic approaches to deliberative democracy. I explore and circumscribe the analysis to two prominent options: freedom as absence of interference and freedom as non-domination. The answer to which of these alternatives best serves as a function of the deliberative system hinges on the previous question of whether holistic evaluations of systemic deliberative performance are to be endorsed. The article then argues that holistic evaluations are only compatible with freedom as non-interference. By contrast, freedom as non-domination is incompatible with holism. I then provide reasons for endorsing freedom as non-domination and, by implication, to reject holistic systemic evaluations.
SN 0001-2343
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83026
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83026
LA spa
NO Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie / Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Vol. 107, No. 2, 167-184
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-feb-2026