Democratic theory, representation, and collective decision-making
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A city which ordered experts only to do their own things would not be sound-minded.
Nations are entitled to their own states.
Nations need to have their own states
Secular rulers must be subject to the pope.
The state must be neutral
A Nazi seizure of power in legal form would not be legitimate.
A background consensus based on cultural homogeneity is not needed as a catalyzing condition for democracy.
A city comes to be
A city that is managed sound-mindedly is well-managed.
A city which ordered such experts only to do their own things would not be well-managed.
A conception of global justice can be detached from concerns with legitimacy
A conception of international order that fails to accommodate a plurality of self-determined political identities or fails to recognize the ius ad bellum of constituted political communities is illegitimate.
A constitutional monarch's explicit 'I will' is necessary to express the general will in legislation.
A controversial conception of human capabilities may nonetheless be appropriately imposed through government policy if that conception is true and known to be true
A counsellor should engage in public affairs using civil philosophy (civilior) rather than withdraw
A decentralized market system has informational advantages over centralized coordination
A democracy ought to protect the democratic process for moral reasons that must be grounded in the principles underpinning democracy itself.
A democratic constitution based on popular sovereignty must recognize limits to constitutional amendment.
A developmental theory of history is not distinctive of the liberal tradition
A global equality requirement is deeply counterintuitive
A good ruler will display restraint and moderation despite divinely mandated power.
A government must separate executive, legislative, and judicial powers in order to provide citizens with the greatest possible liberty.
A great democracy must either sacrifice self-government to achieve unity or preserve self-government through federalism.
A just society should give priority to strictly protecting both basic liberties and FEO.
A king who follows the path of moderation is rewarded both temporally and eternally.
A large council of citizens should deliberate with and hold the monarch accountable as a central constitutional check.
A later case should only be treated differently from an earlier case when the law itself has been changed.
A legitimate international order must recognize as legitimate the ius ad bellum claimed by all groups that have successfully constituted themselves as political communities.
A liberal state can promote the good of its citizenry only in ways consistent with every reasonable conception of the good
A limited Platonic spirit survives in Aristotle's ideal regime
knowledge
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
Adjudication
The process of a judge or court hearing a case and making a legal decision about it.
Corruption
When government officials or people in power abuse their position for personal gain—like taking bribes or stealing public money instead of using it to help their country.
Democracy
A political form that calls for the sharing of power, the giving of reasons, and universalization — requiring power to be exercised through communication in an assembly, yet also requiring force and sovereign decision.
Disseminated
Spread out or distributed among many different places, groups, or people rather than being concentrated in one location.
International actors
Countries, organizations, or entities that operate on a global level and influence world politics, like the United Nations or other global bodies.
Median
The middle value in a list of numbers—if you line up all the grades from lowest to highest, the median is the one in the middle.
Nation-state
A country with defined borders and a government that has authority over the people and territory within it.
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