The republican trilemma: a critique of the concept of domination
Abstract
This text follows the critical perspective on the Republican notion of freedom as non-domination and aims to demonstrate that the most common definitions of this concept encounter the following trilemma: either they fail to provide a clear and precise definition of what qualifies as domination, resulting in the problem of indeterminacy; or they offer a clear and precise definition that leads to implausible consequences, resulting in the problem of excess; or they provide a clear and precise definition without problematic derivatives, but it is almost tautological and morally trivial, resulting in the problem of banality. We conclude that, consequently, the republican notion of freedom must be profoundly revised.
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