Reaffirming the republican dilemma: Replies to critics

Lars JK Moen

doi:10.1177/14748851251378929

Reaffirming the republican dilemma: Replies to critics

Lars JK Moen

University of Vienna

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In The Republican Dilemma, I argue that contemporary republicans fail in their attempts to distinguish their theories from a liberalism fundamentally concerned with individuals’ pure negative freedom. I also show how achieving such a break from liberalism takes republicanism towards a political ideal unsuited for modern pluralistic societies. In this paper, I reply to four commentators and their challenges to core arguments in my book.

Original language	English
Number of pages	11
Journal	European Journal of Political Theory
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851251378929
State	Published - 24 Sep 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Liberalism
pure negative freedom
republican freedom
republicanism

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