Calhoun's Philosophy of Politics: A Study of A Disquisition on GovernmentMercer University Press, 2000 - 435 oldal John C. Calhoun's A Disquisition on Government has been hailed since its publication in 1851 as a classic in political science and has been called the greatest work of American political theory. Guy Story Brown's Calhoun's Philosophy of Politics is the first comprehensive explication de texte of Calhoun's great work on political theory. This traditional textual analysis places Calhoun's theory within the broader context of the political philosophy he himself studied, from Aristotle to Bacon and the moderns on up to Rousseau and the Federalists. It also pays close attention to Calhoun's literary models, such as Livy. The result is the definitive interpretation of Calhoun's political philosophy and theory. This book makes Calhoun's philosophy accessible to contemporary thinkers and shows what Calhoun thought about issues such as world government. Topics discussed in Calhoun's Philosophy of Politics include nature and political science, empire and world government, political science and government, and political science and human progress. |
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Important Common Errors on the Subject | 188 |
Paragraphs 5398 | 197 |
Forms of Power | 198 |
Power and Reason | 199 |
Necessity and Power | 202 |
The Principles of Constitutional Government and the Preservation of the Common Interest | 207 |
The Constitutional Principle and the Perfection of the Moral Faculties | 210 |
The Constitutional Principle and the Perfection of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties | 215 |
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The Practical Necessity of Government Feelings | 79 |
The Theoretical Necessity of Government Calhouns Relation to the British and French Philosophy of Nature | 90 |
The Improbability of Constitutional Government | 104 |
Examples of Partially Successful Constitutional Governments | 113 |
Empire and World Government | 121 |
Calhoun and the History of Political Philosophy | 122 |
History and Natural Circumstances | 138 |
The Republican Constitution of Rome | 140 |
The Monarchic Constitution of Great Britain | 154 |
Comparison of the Great Constitutional Governments | 160 |
Political Science and Government | 167 |
Paragraphs 1952 | 168 |
The Action of Government and the Common Interest | 170 |
Justice and the Operation of Government | 180 |
The Principle of Constitution and the Common Interest | 182 |
Digression on the Hypothesis of the State of Nature | 223 |
The Conclusion | 234 |
The Principles of Constitution and the Promotion of Liberty | 236 |
The Principles of Constitution and the Present Condition of the World | 238 |
The Promotion of Liberty and Moral Power | 244 |
Political Science and Progress | 247 |
Common Objections as to Practicability | 250 |
Plausible Objections | 251 |
The Most Illustrative Examples of the Principles of Constitutional Government | 264 |
The New Political Element and Progress | 268 |
The Forms of Government and Constitution | 272 |
Calhoun and the New Age | 295 |
Foreword | 313 |
Afterword | 421 |
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18. oldal - If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
347. oldal - Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature...
375. oldal - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts; wherein by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but, in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
352. oldal - As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as the connection subsists between his reason and his self-love, his opinions and his passions will have a reciprocal influence on each other ; and the former will be objects to which the latter will attach themselves.
355. oldal - But enough has been said to show that the admitted functions of government embrace a much wider field than can easily be included within the ring-fence of any restrictive definition, and that it is hardly possible to find any ground of justification common to them all, except the comprehensive one of general expediency ; nor to limit the interference of government by any universal rule, save the simple and vague one that it should never be admitted but when the case of expediency is strong.
337. oldal - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived...
75. oldal - I shall desire those who make this objection to remember that absolute monarchs are but men. And if government is to be the remedy of those evils which necessarily follow from men's being judges in their own cases, and the state of nature is therefore not to be endured, I desire to know what kind of government that is, and how much better it is than the state of nature, where one man commanding a multitude...
29. oldal - It is the power which raises man above the brute - which distinguishes his faculties from mere sagacity, which he holds in common with inferior animals. It is this power which has raised the astronomer from being a mere gazer at the stars to the high intellectual eminence of a Newton or a Laplace, and astronomy itself from a mere observation of isolated facts into that noble science which displays to our admiration the system of the universe.
347. oldal - Would you know the sentiments, inclinations, and course of life of the Greeks and Romans ? study well the temper and actions of the French and English : you cannot be much mistaken in transferring to the former most of the observations which you have made with regard to the latter. Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular.
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