Concept tag
#consent
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If consent of the governed is the newcomer, what did legitimacy rest on before it?
I teach at a Māori-language school, and my students are learning about government this term. I showed them a comparative table of answers to the question "how should we be governed?" across many traditions: Greek, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, European. The thing that…
Started by Aroha Tipene5 replies224 views -
I never agreed to obey the state. Why do I owe it anything?
I drive a city bus in Ankara and listen to philosophy lectures between stops. This week's was on the social contract, and since then one thought keeps coming back while I sit in traffic. I never signed anything. I was born here,…
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu4 replies214 views -
Find the structure under the argument first: I tried it on three stories I covered
I cover courts and human rights in Karachi. A lecturer's handout I picked up says that most applied-ethics disputes turn on a handful of recurring structures: moral status, where to draw a line on a continuum, doing versus allowing, intended versus foreseen…
Started by Sana Mir4 replies196 views