What Does It Mean to be Free?
2014-05-22
Freedom’s just freedom right? Well no actually. Joe Gelonesi, presenter of ABC Radio National’s Philosopher’s Zone, spoke recently with political philosopher, Philip Pettit, and it appears the meaning of freedom has shifted over time and depending on your outlook this may not be a good thing. According to Pettit, Professor of Philosophy at ANU and author of Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World, freedom is not what it once was back in the day….and we are talking right back in the day of Republican Rome. Since the rise of liberalism, freedom has come to represent an attitude of non-interference. If a person can navigateRead More →