Freedom as non-domination, unlike non-interference, cannot be fully enjoyed by one person alone
Evidence
An egalitarian good is one such that its maximum realization tends to occur at a point where it is more or less equally distributed across the relevant constituency; most established political values, including freedom as non-interference, are not egalitarian in this sense. … Freedom as non-domination is a significantly egalitarian good. Maximizing the non-domination that people enjoy requires that they enjoy that non-domination with equal intensity, even if it does not require in the same way—require independently of most empirical contingencies—that they enjoy it over exactly the same extent. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1239
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the technical sense of ‘egalitarian good’ and why freedom as non-domination fits it while non-interference does not.
- XREF: Builds toward Pettit’s characteristic contrast between republican and liberal freedom drawn in chapters 2-3; the egalitarian structure is the payoff. — connects to: Freedom increases with reduced domination, not with improved insight into one’s dominator — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 21; Freedom as non-domination is not reducible to security of non-interference. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 25; Freedom as non-domination makes mundane institutional design philosophically central — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1286 (+13 more)
Broader Connections
- Others’ freedom is the condition of, not a limit on, my own freedom
#corroborates(0.95) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 91 - Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others
#corroborates(0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144 - Freedom can be defined through domination rather than through respect for others.
#corroborates(0.78) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 164