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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... necessary response to the in- herent evil manifested by man in a prepolitical state of nature . This posi- tion is argued most clearly by Hsun Tzu , who wrote : " The nature of man is evil . His virtue is only an acquired goodness ...
... necessary to control the abuses of gov- ernment . But what is government itself , but the greatest of all reflections on human nature ? If men were angels , no government would be necessary . If angels were to govern men , neither ...
... necessary ends of the human be- ing . The unwritten law , or natural law , is nothing more than that . ” 40 Predi- cated on the existence and ubiquity of human reason , natural law doctrine implies that men are also in possession of ...
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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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