The Orthocratic StateBloomsbury Academic, 30. 6. 2003. - 216 страница Sicker argues that it is the achievement of orthocracy as the motivating concept of the state rather than democracy as its optimum form that is crucial for mankind in the 21st century, notwithstanding that the widespread adoption of substantive democracy may be the best currently conceivable means for reaching the goal of universal responsible statehood. In a critique of much modern political theory, Sicker reexamines the essential idea of the state as well as its purpose as understood from a variety of perspectives, a subject that has largely been neglected over the past several decades as a subject of interest to political theorists in the United States. He then considers the relationship of the state to its constituents, a subject that leads to a discussion of rights and obligations, and whether that relationship is defined entirely by the state or whether its constituents are endowed with natural rights that are independent of the state that the state must take into account in asserting its authority. This is followed by an extensive discussion of the corollary concepts of generic, social, political, and economic equality, and concludes with a consideration of some ideas that might serve as the motivating principles of an orthocratic state. |
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... citizens be held together , when the status of these citizens is not equal ? For , if it is not thought desirable that property should be equally distributed , and if the natural capacities of all men cannot possibly be equal , yet ...
... citizens by lot to fill most of the myriad positions in government , requiring varying levels and kinds of skills ... citizens has nothing of any consequence to do with democracy as such , since it applies equally to nondemocratic ...
... citizens or groups of citizens , but also vertically , by comparing the power of private citizens with individual officials . " Considering horizontal equality of power alone , as is done in the preceding discussion , yields nothing ...
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The Essence of the State | 17 |
Natural and Legislated | 43 |
The Idea and Ideal of Equality | 75 |
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