Abstract

GARCIA VALVERDE, Facundo. Republican Liberties and Capacities as Liberties: The Necessity of Institutions. Rev. latinoam. filos. [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.1, pp.7-28. ISSN 1852-7353.

Senian Version of the Capability Approach defines individual freedom in terms of having a decisive preference. Through the analysis of the discussion with the definition provided by republican conceptions, it will be shown that Senian definition ignores the role that institutions should play at protecting those freedoms and that this is a reason to consider it inadequate. This article argues that, when this definition is considered in the more general framework of Senian thinking, a solution can be founded. This solution consists in the construction of a solid link between freedom as decisive preference and a deliberative conception of democracy. However, it will be argued that this solution has some theoretical costs and that part of that definition should be given up or at least relativized.

Keywords : Republicanism; Freedoms; Democracy.

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