期刊名称：Astrolabio : Revista Internacional de Filosofía
印刷版ISSN：1699-7549
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
期号：07
出版社：Universitat de Barcelona
摘要：This paper attempts to review J. Rawls' definition of political liberalism in
the light of Q. Skinner's republican criticism of the idea of freedom as
deriving from Machiavelli's speeches. Skinner's contention that freedom as
assumed by political liberalism is not robust enough and that it disregards
responsibilities and obligations crutial for its own preservation is revealed
inapropriate, at least when contrasted with Rawls'. Indeed, political liberalism
as it stands takes those concerns well into account, so that both views are not
so differing after all. If anything, Skinner's republican criticism shows a
certain degree of dissatisfaction revolving around the way political theory is
constructed, specially since it focuses too much on ideas at the expense of
disregarding the real functioning of political systems in everyday world. The
paper closes with the implication that both views would do well if they worked
conjointly rather than on opposing sides
