Freedom as non-domination is a universal primary good requiring state action to secure.

Evidence

The connection between freedom as non-domination and these benefits is such that that freedom is a primary good, in John Rawls’s sense; it is something that people have reason to want for themselves, no matter what else they want. … But freedom as non-domination is not the sort of good that can be left to people to pursue for themselves in a decentralized way; all the signs are that it is best pursued for each under the centralized, political action of all: it is best pursued via the state. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1233

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freedom requires a well-ordered institutional framework to reduce domination. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 3; Freedom from domination is treated as a universal human desire; Freedom can be reconceived as non-domination rather than non-interference or self-mastery — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1207 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Freedom means no one holds arbitrary power to interfere with us. #expands (0.90) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 17
• Freedom can be defined through domination rather than through respect for others. #corroborates (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 164
• Freedom from domination is treated as a universal human desire #corroborates (0.80)
• Laws meant to enhance freedom can themselves create new arbitrary power. #qualifies (0.80) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 56
• Freedom can be reconceived as non-domination rather than non-interference or self-mastery #expands (0.78) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1207
• One person’s freedom requires that all in their vulnerability class be free #expands (0.78) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1244
• Freedom as non-domination protects against the goodwill of others turning sour. #corroborates (0.75) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 136
• Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others #corroborates (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144
• Neoliberal freedom can be a vehicle for governance and domination #complicates (0.74) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 153
• The system’s celebrated freedoms function as instruments of domination #complicates (0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 45