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    Relational equality is threatened when individuals in a r... — Carmelics
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    Relational equality is threatened when individuals in a relationship have significantly different power over how they interact with and relate to one another.

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    • 1.Relational equality requires the absence of subjection in a relationship.
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    • 2.Subjection occurs when individuals have significantly different power over how they interact with and relate to one another.
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    • 1.Some power asymmetries in relationships are constitutive of their value, not destructive of equality (e.g., parent-child, teacher-student).
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    • 2.Relational equality requires non-domination and reciprocal recognition, not the elimination of all differential power.
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    • 3.Anderson's democratic equality demands that people not be oppressed, not that power be perfectly symmetric across all relationships.
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    • 1.Pettit's republicanism holds that freedom requires non-domination, which is compatible with power differentials that are properly constrained and accountable.
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    • 2.A relationship can preserve relational equality if subordinate parties retain meaningful exit options and procedural recourse, regardless of power asymmetry.
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    Daniel Viehoff develops an egalitarian conception of democratic authority based on the ideal of relational equality (Viehoff 2014; see section 2.2.3 above for more on relational equality). Viehoff argues that relational equality is threatened by “subjection” in a relationship, which occurs when individuals have significantly different power over how they interact with and relate to one another. According to Viehoff, obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures is necessary and suf
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