Liberal Maps of Consent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6355544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred M Frohock (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-252 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234833 |
| OpenAlex | W2325176975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In liberalism, consent is elaborated in terms of two concepts, competence and negative liberty, and typically is used against paternalism to ensure individual liberty. But, this article suggests, paternalistic intervention can sometimes be justified on the same values used to support individual liberty. Moreover, the requirements for competence and negative liberty can sometimes be in conflict. The author argues that alternative conditions can be identified which avoid or resolve these difficulties. In particular, a shift from a rights-oriented to an obligation-oriented society can maintain the vocabulary of liberalism without many of its liabilities. But such a shift, he concludes, requires that individuals be viewed more nearly in reductionist terms, a change in perspective that has profound consequences for a number of methods and conclusions in political theory
Classical liberalism · Competence (human resources · Law and economics · Liberalism · Negative liberty · Obligation · Paternalism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vocabulary · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |