Between Tyranny and Self-Interest
Why Neo-republicanism Disregards Natural Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10830278 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Guerrero (0000-0002-3518-7026, PhD candidate, University of Barcelona, Spain [email protected]), Julio Martínez-Cava Aguilar (0000-0002-8971-4629, IRLA Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain [email protected]) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 171 |
| Pages | 140-171 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0495-4548 • E-ISSN: 2171-679X |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/th.2022.6917108 |
| OpenAlex | W4283362688 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
The first contribution of this article is a politico-philosophical map that, drawing upon two common sets of arguments against modern natural rights, might help to explain the prevailing neo-republican position on natural rights. Under the label ‘abstraction argument’, we explore the view that natural rights are a metaphysical construct that usually ends in a violent application of speculative principles to society. Under ‘self-interest argument’, we discuss the notion that natural rights endorse an atomistic and selfish conception of the human being. Second, we show how Cold War authors replicated these two arguments, conveying a biased, largely anti-republican and anti-democratic view of natural rights to the twentieth century. Third, drawing on these two arguments, we critically assess the narrow view of natural rights inherited by neo-republican scholars
Abstraction · Argument (complex analysis · Construct (python library · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human rights · Law and economics · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology · Natural law · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence
The ideological origins of the American Revolution.
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
Natural rights and the new republicanism
Making of the English Working Class
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The Politics of Apolitical Culture
The Invention of Market Freedom
Individualism and Economic Order
Freedom as Non-Domination, Normativity, and Indeterminacy
Thomas Hobbes and the natural law tradition
The Rebirth of Social Democracy
Individualism," "Socialism," and "Social Science
Natural Law And Human Dignity
The Sociological Tradition
An enslaved Enlightenment
The origins of totalitarianism
The Social History of Political Theory
Are rights less important for republicans than for liberals? Pettit versus Pettit
Two spheres of domination
Beyond the Republican Revival
The Origins of the Rights of Labor
Democracy and socialism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |