Interference is arbitrary by lack of control, not by harmful consequences.

Evidence

Notice that an act of interference can be arbitrary in the procedural sense intended here—it may occur on an arbitrary basis—without being arbitrary in the substantive sense of actually going against the interests or judgements of the persons affected. An act is arbitrary, in this usage, by virtue of the controls—specifically, the lack of controls—under which it materializes, not by virtue of the particular consequences to which it gives rise. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 292

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the pivotal procedural sense of arbitrariness as a function of lacking controls, independent of substantive outcomes.
• XREF: connects to: Arbitrary interference inflicts extra harm through uncertainty and anxiety beyond mere restriction. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 419; Arbitrary interference is defined by its impunity, not by its content — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 125; State interference is non-arbitrary when it tracks shared rather than exceptional interests. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 293 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Non-domination provides resilience against arbitrary interference that non-interference lacks. #expands (0.90) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 134
• Freedom as non-domination differs from non-interference by targeting the mere capacity for arbitrary interference. #expands (0.90) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 434
• Unfreedom lies in the structural power to dominate, not in actual interference. #corroborates (0.90) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 16
• Non-domination requires security against interference across possible worlds, not mere actual non-interference. #expands (0.85) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 137
• Freedom as non-domination is not reducible to security of non-interference. #expands (0.85) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 25
• Freedom as security against arbitrary interference is not a means-end confusion #expands (0.85) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1225
• Freedom requires others actually be blocked from arbitrary interference, not merely unexercised #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1220
• Political freedom is constituted by institutions, not by the absence of actual interference #complicates (0.75) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 22