Authority presupposes freedom in those subjected to it

Evidence

For instance, what is called “authority” presupposes, in a much higher degree than is usually recognized, a freedom on the part of the person subjected to authority. Even where authority seems to “crush” him, it is based not only on coercion or compulsion to yield to it. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4948

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallel to the reader’s model: Raskolnikov’s guilt requires his own participation, and authority (Porfiry) works through that freedom. — connects to: Freedom is the foundational condition of all action — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1069; Freedom founds all connections and laws, then becomes bound by them — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1282; Delegated discretionary authority need not reduce freedom when properly constrained — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 31 (+3 more)