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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... existence of a reciprocal assertion of en- titlement or claim . It is not particularly meaningful to speak of having an obligation to another person unless that person has a recognizably just entitlement or proper claim to the ...
... existence of a universal natural right to life , a denial that necessarily applies to him as well ? It seems quite clear that the right to life is not only natural and inherent in man's very existence , but that it is also inalienable ...
... existence , within the limits established by nature , without interference from any other person or group of persons . Accordingly , John Plamenatz would augment the catalog of man's basic rights to include the " equal right to choose a ...
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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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