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Freedom in the Contemporary World

Summary/Abstract: The problem of freedom in the contemporary world is no longer a question of independence. “Contemporary” freedom resembles a continuous and repeatedly undertaken process of dialogical agreement between parties to a debate, e.g. supranational communities, states, or other subjects of public life, such as institutions and associations. Freedom also pertains to relations and bonds, so it has to do with the “relational” matter that unites people. It consists in creating and building, and so cannot be labeled as a fact. To struggle for freedom today means to seek and fi nd possibilities of communication, agreement and consensus. Autonomy, sovereignty and solidarity between people are therefore the fundamental correlates of freedom. Only an agent (e.g. a person or state) strong in one’s autonomy and independent in one’s reasons (interests, rights), self-conscious and responsible, can create bonds and relations of solidarity, which means such bonds and relations that social activity is directed towards a common good and becomes a value in itself, a value of people’s public life.

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