Freedom from interference lacks stability absent publicly visible protective institutions
Evidence
I cannot escape domination without the presence of protective institutions that testify to my non-domination. But I can escape interference, I can escape even the likelihood of interference, without the presence of such eloquent devices. The actual or expected non-interference that I enjoy may come to me by good fortune alone: the good fortune, for example, of being vulnerable only to agents who like me or only to agents whom I am able to outwit. And such good fortune will not tend to be a matter of common recognition. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 364
Categorization
- XREF: Distinguishing freedom-as-nondomination from mere non-interference connects to the reader’s own research on how positive institutions rather than luck or goodwill build secure solidarity. — connects to: Privately pursued security against interference would distribute freedom unequally — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 455; Political freedom is constituted by institutions, not by the absence of actual interference — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 22; Freedom requires others actually be blocked from arbitrary interference, not merely unexercised — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1220 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Mere non-interference can coexist with domination when security is absent
#corroborates(0.95) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 349 - True liberty is resilient security against interference, not merely its absence
#corroborates(0.93) - Political freedom is constituted by institutions, not by the absence of actual interference
#corroborates(0.92) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 22 - Freedom requires others actually be blocked from arbitrary interference, not merely unexercised
#corroborates(0.90) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1220 - Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it
#corroborates(0.88) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 518 - Privately pursued security against interference would distribute freedom unequally
#expands(0.85) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 455 - Freedom as non-domination is not reducible to security of non-interference.
#corroborates(0.85) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 25