Aug 2026· Mutatis Mutandis: Revista Internacional de Filosofía· Vol 13, pp. 1-19· 0 citations· 15 references
Abstract
In Justice as Fairness John Rawls argues that only property-owning democracy and liberal socialism are fully compatible with the principles of justice. Nevertheless, his epistemic abstention regarding which of these regimes constitutes the more attractive alternative from a normative and institutional perspective has left open a debate that has, so far, produced few concrete outcomes. In this regard, the present article aims to establish a critical balance between property-owning democracy and liberal socialism, evaluating their foundations, institutional designs and normative reach in light of self-respect.
Disagreement about democracy's noninstrumental value often sees the opposition between two competing approaches.
Liberty‐based arguments
assign normative priority to a principle of liberty, thereby focusing on democratic self‐government as the core principle through which political authority can be reconciled wit...
If political tyranny implies the exclusion of the people from public affairs, then freedom is the practice of common ownership of political institutions. Theodosiadis (2025:5-6) develops this approach by tracing its ancient Greek roots, clarifying its American traditions and identifying its institutional forms for a de...
This essay intervenes in contemporary debates around neoliberalism and its relationship to both authoritarianism and social democracy. It does so by reconstructing the debate on Thatcherism that took place between Stuart Hall and Bob Jessop in the 1980s. Both authors provide materialist analyses of Thatcherism that p...
Daniel McLoughlin· Historical Materialism· 0 citations
Critics of neoliberalism increasingly examine its corrosive effects on democracy. Scholars often turn to Friedrich Hayek's political theory, arguing that it produces citizens who passively conform to spontaneous social orders. Yet insufficient attention has been paid to the normative conception of the human individua...
In this essay, I argue against Jesse Spafford’s Moral Tyranny Constraint on the grounds that it would undermine the socialist value of community. The socialist value of community is appealing because people in community are disposed to voluntarily benefit each other unconditionally, without constantly keeping score o...
Jessica Flanigan· Res Publica· 0 citations
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