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Philip Pettit on What It Means to Be Free

Philip Pettit on What It Means to Be Free

The Good Fight

December 9, 20231h 18m

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Show Notes

Yascha Mounk and Philip Pettit discuss small-r “republicanism” and how to make sure people don’t suffer from domination.


Philip Pettit is the L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. His latest book is The State.


In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Philip Pettit discuss the intellectual traditions of liberalism and republicanism; how freedom from domination differs from freedom from interference; and what role the state plays in making people free.


This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.


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