The Domination's Power Over Law's End

The concept of domination is a complex and multifaceted one, with a variety of interpretations and applications. At its core, domination refers to a form of power, often social power, that involves an imbalance or asymmetry in power dynamics. This power can be exerted by individuals, groups, institutions, or systems, and it can take on many different forms, such as political, economic, or military domination.

In the context of the game DomiNations, domination takes on a specific meaning within the gameplay mechanics. DomiNations is a strategy game that allows players to lead their chosen nation through different ages of human history, from the Stone Age to the Automation Age. In the game, domination is linked to the concept of laws, which can be researched and issued at the Parliament building. These laws provide various bonuses and advantages to the player's alliance members. The Parliament building serves as a defensive structure and also spawns defensive troops during attacks.

Additionally, DomiNations features a World War mode, where alliances compete for global domination by waging war against each other. In this mode, players can construct a Command Post to store loot and design war bases. The alliance that earns the most stars in its battles is declared the winner and receives the majority of the loot, while the losing alliance receives a smaller portion.

The game also includes other features such as Coalitions, which provide additional troops and bonuses during World Wars, and Great Leaders, who offer unique abilities and bonuses.

Domination as a power structure

Domination is a kind of power, usually social power, that is, power over other people. It involves an imbalance or asymmetry in power. The word domination comes from the Latin dominus, which means a master, and mastery represents an extreme of social power. Masters usually have almost complete control over how their slaves will act or over the conditions in which they act. As a result, the master-slave relationship is often treated as the most obvious case of domination.

Domination has many forms. For example, traditional Roman republicanism recognised a distinction between imperium and dominium—domination by the state contrasted with domination by private parties. The power a master has over a slave may be the clearest case of domination, but it is not necessary to have a literal dominus in order to be dominated. Tyrants over their subjects and men over women in patriarchal societies are also common examples of domination.

Domination is an unjust or morally illegitimate form of social power. To be dominated is typically to have cause for indignation and resentment against the dominator or against institutions that dominate or make domination possible.

Domination is a power structure that enables agents or systems to control other agents or the conditions of their actions. It is a kind of unconstrained, unjust imbalance of power. Domination is about how social relationships are structured, and the nature of that power itself.

In the game DomiNations, domination is applied through the Parliament building, which allows you to contribute to Law research donations from each alliance member, and the World War feature, which allows alliances to wage war against rivals to stake their territorial claim on the World Map.

Domination as a form of social power

Domination is a form of social power that involves an unjust and morally illegitimate imbalance of power. It is a kind of power, usually social power, that is, power over other people. It involves an asymmetry in power, with the dominator having almost complete control over the actions of the dominated.

Domination has many forms, including:

• Domination by the state, contrasted with domination by private parties
• Domination by a master over a slave
• Domination by tyrants over their subjects
• Domination by men over women in patriarchal societies

Domination is characterised by the following:

• It is a form of unconstrained, arbitrary, and discretionary power.
• It is a form of power that is unjust or morally illegitimate.
• It involves a complaint or indignation against the dominator or the institutions that enable domination.

Domination can occur in various contexts, including:

• Political and social institutions
• Ideologies and systems, such as patriarchy or capitalism
• Interpersonal relationships, such as caregiver-dependent relationships or romantic relationships

Domination can be understood as a form of social power that involves an imbalance of power that enables one agent or system to control another agent or their conditions of action. It is often associated with the master-slave relationship, in which the master has almost complete control over the slave's actions. Domination can also occur in other forms, such as between groups or between individuals within a group. It can be enabled by institutions, systems, or ideologies that create or reinforce power imbalances.

In the game DomiNations, domination is a mechanic where players can research and issue laws in Parliament to gain bonuses for their Alliance members. These laws can provide benefits such as reduced costs for building upgrades, increased production, or improved military capabilities.

Domination as a relationship between agents

Theories of domination are attempts to understand the value of justice, freedom, and equality by examining cases where they are absent. The basic idea of domination is a kind of unconstrained, unjust imbalance of power that enables agents or systems to control other agents or the conditions of their actions.

Domination is a relationship between agents. The neorepublican tradition tends to present domination as a relation between agents; only agents can dominate or be dominated. The agent/agents might be a group or collective. Domination by groups may not require that they do so as a group agent. The metaphysics of group agency usually require shared beliefs or joint intentions among the members of the group. However, dominating power may be grounded in group membership (e.g., white people in Western racialised hierarchies, men in patriarchy) even if that group, or some of its members, do not meet the metaphysical requirements for group agency.

A minority position in the literature sees domination fundamentally as a relation between groups, where any domination between individuals is parasitic on group membership. If this is true, the domination of one individual by another counts as such only because one belongs to a dominant group and the other belongs to a subordinate group.

Domination is a kind of power, and usually social power—that is, power over other people. It involves imbalances or asymmetries in power. The English domination comes from the Latin dominus. A dominus is a master, and mastery represents an extreme of social power. Masters usually have all but complete control over how their slaves will act or over the conditions in which they act. As a result, the master/slave relation is often treated as the most obvious case of domination.

Domination has many forms. Traditional Roman republicanism recognised a distinction between imperium and dominium—domination by the state contrasted with domination by private parties. The power a master has over a slave may be the clearest case of domination, but it is not necessary to have a literal dominus in order to be dominated. For example, tyrants over their subjects and men over women in patriarchal societies are also common examples of domination.

Dominating power is in some sense unconstrained. It is up to masters how they will or will not use their power. Such power is often described as arbitrary or discretionary; or, perhaps, unlimited by the interests of those under its sway; or, perhaps, projects only the vision of the world most favourable to the empowered while preventing the subjugated from seeing themselves or the world on their own terms.

Domination is an unjust or morally illegitimate form of social power. Whatever domination turns out to be, it is morally serious. To be dominated is typically to have cause for indignation and resentment against the dominator or against institutions that dominate or make domination possible.

Domination as a relationship between groups

Domination is a kind of power, usually social power

Domination as a relationship between individuals and groups

Domination is a kind of power, usually social power, or power over other people. It involves an imbalance or asymmetry in power. The word domination comes from the Latin dominus, which means master. Masters have almost complete control over how their slaves act and the conditions in which they act, making the master/slave relationship a clear example of domination.

Domination has many forms. For instance, Roman republicanism recognised a distinction between imperium and dominium—domination by the state contrasted with domination by private parties. Tyrants over their subjects and men over women in patriarchal societies are also common examples of domination.

Domination is an unjust or morally illegitimate form of social power. To be dominated is to have cause for indignation and resentment against the dominator or against institutions that dominate or make domination possible.

The neorepublican tradition tends to present domination as a relation between agents; only agents can dominate or be dominated, though the agent may be a group or collective. Domination by groups may not require that they do so as a group agent. The metaphysics of group agency usually require shared beliefs or joint intentions among the members of the group. However, dominating power may be grounded in group membership (e.g. white people in Western racialised hierarchies, or men in patriarchy) even if that group, or some of its members, do not meet the metaphysical requirements for group agency.

A minority position in the literature sees domination fundamentally as a relation between groups, where any domination between individuals is parasitic on group membership. If this is true, the domination of one individual by another only counts as such because one belongs to a dominant group and the other belongs to a subordinate group.

Domination by non-agents

Whether or not non-agents like institutions, systems or ideologies can dominate is rarely disputed. For example, a grocer in Soviet-era Czechoslovakia who posts slogans favourable to the regime in their shop window both signals their cooperation with power and extends its reach. Similarly, a mother who insists that her daughter takes smaller, more "ladylike" steps and overcomes her natural stride may be enforcing an ideology of femininity and womanhood.

The central question is whether we can understand possible examples of domination by systems or ideologies as instances of domination by agents through systems or ideologies. An affirmative answer is more often assumed than argued for in the literature.

Domination and applied ethics

Anti-domination approaches have an ecumenical appeal. Few deny that the paradigms are examples of injustice; thus, to show that some power structure or use of power resembles these paradigms goes a long way toward motivating a verdict against them.

Anti-domination arguments have been applied beyond the traditionally political, for example, in medical care, disability, workers' rights, and immigration.

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