Esclavitud, dominio y libertad humana según Domingo Soto

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze Domingo de Soto's theory of dominion and its relationship with the concepts of liberty and slavery. The concept of dominion shows that this author did in fact have a notion of subjective rights, however, its implications in the field of his political philosophy, mainly in relation with the concept of natural and legal slavery, leads to the conclusion that he did not reach the modern idea of individual rights.