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    Supports→Avoiding domination does not require democracy

    Pettit's own republican framework identifies non-arbitrariness, not popular authorship, as the constitutive feature of non-dominated status.

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    • 1.Non-arbitrariness constrains power through predictable rules, protecting individuals even when majorities oppose their choices.
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    • 2.Popular authorship alone permits tyranny of the majority; non-arbitrariness provides principled limits independent of democratic will.
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    • 3.Subjects can be dominated by arbitrary rulers even in democracies; non-arbitrariness better captures intuitive non-domination.
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    • 1.Without popular authorship, rules lack legitimacy; non-arbitrariness alone cannot justify why individuals should obey constraints.
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    • 2.Non-arbitrariness is compatible with systematic exclusion of groups from rule-making; it doesn't ensure equal political standing.
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    • 3.Republican freedom requires not just predictable rules but also having a voice in their creation and revision over time.
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