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    It is not the case that Self-government requires negative conditions in the form of various liberties of thought and action.

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    • 1.Positive freedom theorists like T.H. Green argue that mere absence of external constraint does not constitute genuine self-government without enabling capacities.
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    • 2.An individual lacking education, economic security, or social recognition cannot exercise meaningful deliberative agency regardless of formal liberties.
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    • 3.Therefore, negative liberties are insufficient and potentially misleading as the primary condition for self-government.
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    • 1.Republican theorists like Philip Pettit argue that non-domination, not non-interference, is the foundational condition for genuine self-government.
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    • 2.A slave whose master chooses not to interfere possesses negative liberty but remains subject to arbitrary power and thus cannot genuinely self-govern.
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    • 3.Self-government therefore requires structural freedom from domination, which cannot be reduced to or guaranteed by liberties of thought and action alone.
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    • 1.Self-government requires both positive and negative conditions.
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    • 2.Among the negative conditions required are liberties of thought and action that enable deliberate choice and pursuit of projects and plans.
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