Freedom of Speech and Moral Development in John Milton´s Political Thought and Johann Gottlieb Fichte´s Revolutionary Writings

Mots-clés : Milton, Fichte, Tolerance, Freedom, Revolution
Organismes : “Derechos constitutivos, libertad y propiedad en el republicanismo moderno y contemporáneo” (PIP Conicet, 2016-2018), “Poder político y formación ciudadana en la filosofía de Johann Gottlieb Fichte” (PICTO Nº 0016 Universidad Pedagógica Nacional)

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This paper aims to explore conceptual relationships between philosophical developments to support freedom of speech in John Milton´s Areopagitica and Johann Gottlieb Fichte´s Reclamation of the Freedom of Thought. I intend to enhance the philosophical heritance collected and recreated by Fichte. This paper hypothesizes that both theories state that freedom of speech is a condition for the development of morality. In both cases, moral deliberation has a public character, given that moral judgment needs the consideration of different viewpoints about the question at stake. Finally, in both cases, it is defended a republican concept of power, characterized by opposition to moral paternalism, as a form of despotism.

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Héctor Oscar Arrese Igor, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas
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2019-01-29
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Arrese Igor, H. O. (2019). Freedom of Speech and Moral Development in John Milton´s Political Thought and Johann Gottlieb Fichte´s Revolutionary Writings. Las Torres de Lucca. International Journal of Political Philosophy, 8(14), 9-33. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/LTDL/article/view/76803
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