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    It is not the case that Pettit and Skinner argue republican freedom as non-domination is conceptually distinct from negative freedom, not reducible to it.

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    • 1.Non-domination concerns are ultimately reducible to negative freedom threats—domination matters only insofar as it risks actual interference or constrains choices.
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    • 2.The benevolent master case assumes interference could occur; if it never would, the freedom condition appears identical regardless of domination status.
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    • 3.Institutional safeguards against domination are means to negative freedom, not a separate freedom concept—confusing implementation with conceptual distinctness.
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    • 1.Non-domination protects against arbitrary interference even when not actively interfered with, whereas negative freedom only requires absence of actual interference.
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    • 2.A slave with a benevolent master lacks domination-free status but may have negative freedom if physically unobstructed, showing conceptual distinctness.
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    • 3.Negative freedom requires no social conditions, but non-domination requires institutional safeguards against potential arbitrary power, making them structurally different.
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