none 10.5325/jspecphil.37.1.0021 The Pennsylvania State University Press The Pennsylvania State University Press 3287 143540982 46328 2022122213531987200 10.5325 2026-06-09T10:51:44Z 2022-12-22T08:53:29Z 1 The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 0891-625X 1527-9383 01 2023 01 02 2023 37 1 John J. Stuhr Emory University ABSTRACT Beginning with the observation that “freedom” has many meanings, this article explains that freedom is typically understood in one of three ways: as self-determination (in terms of its origin), as choice (in terms of its experience), or as power (in terms of its outcome). These accounts render freedom essentially a feature or characteristic of individuals. Against such views, this article argues that freedom is a feature of institutions and the practices those institutions make possible. In this context, it is clear that only some freedoms are compatible with the institutions of democracy. Democratic freedom requires democratic institutions (now under attack from authoritarian and market forces), democratic personal ways of life (now under attack by forces that foster non-democratic habits), and a democratic, inclusive understanding of selves and their powers to love others and attend to their suffering and well-being. 01 2023 01 02 2023 21 40 10.5325/jspecphil.37.1.0021 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/speculative-philosophy/article/37/1/21/331233/Freedom-Solidarity-and-Their-Institutions https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/speculative-philosophy/article-pdf/37/1/21/1738206/jspecphil_37_1_21.pdf https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/speculative-philosophy/article-pdf/37/1/21/1738206/jspecphil_37_1_21.pdf https://muse.jhu.edu/article/877107 Ugly Freedoms 2022 Four Essays on Liberty 1969 (1958) The Review of Metaphysics 18 1 123 1964 “The Feeling of Freedom.” Omissions: Agency, Metaphysics, and Responsibility 2014 Journal of Speculative Philosophy 36 4 491 2022 “Quotidian Tasks.” John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925–1953 2008 [1939] John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925–1953 2008 (1939) John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925–1953 2008 (1939) John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925–1953 2008 (1939) Taking Rights Seriously 1977 Distributed Agency 2017 Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews 1980 [1969] Decomposing the Will 118 2013 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746996.003.0007 The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era 2022 No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life 2002 The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr 1991 [1968] A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr 2003 (1967, 1968) Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity 2009 How Democracies Die 2018 Robson, David. “Is Another Human Living Inside You?”BBC Future, 18September2015, http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150917-is-another-human-living-inside-you. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. 1941. “The Four Freedoms.”https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/fdr-the-four-freedoms-speech-text/. Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism 2018 Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy 2003 Journal of Speculative Philosophy 36 4 457 2022 10.5325/jspecphil.36.4.0457 “Self and Agency: Buddhist Anattā, Dependent Arising, and the Problem of Free Will.” Freedom Within Reason 1990 The Variety of Values: Essays on Morality, Meaning & Love 2015