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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... essential features of the properly ordered or orthocratic state , there are a number of issues to be explored . The first of these concerns the essential idea of the state , that is , the con- cept to which we would apply the modifier ...
... essential respect to that of the man . Intended to complement man's efforts , the " helpmate " will be a person who partakes in the tasks he must perform and who augments his capabilities , helping him to develop and flourish as a human ...
... essential to giving practical meaning to the inalienable right to life , the right to liberty must therefore also be considered as intrinsically inalienable . Moreover , the conception of a right to liberty reasonably em- braces the ...
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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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