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| State: In political philosophy, the state (polity) is a centralized political organization with authority over a defined territory and population. It enforces laws, maintains order, and exercises governance through various institutions. See also Society, Nations, Governance, Institutions, Power, Law, Laws, Rights, Jurisdiction, Legislation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Thomas More on State (Polity) - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 204 State/More/Höffe: Money/Private Property/More: Because the "utopians" understand justice as strict equality, they have no private property and do not need money. That is precisely why, More expects, they live in harmony, care seriously for the common good and there are neither poor nor beggars. In Utopia, people are engaged in agriculture and crafts. >Money, >Property. Science/Education/More: Education is offered to every inhabitant in public lectures. And without having any knowledge of ancient science, one has arrived at about the same insights in music, dialectics and mathematics. >Science, >Education, >Education policy. Universalism: In it, a universalistic understanding of science that anticipates the Enlightenment is revealed: (...) Scientific contents are the same across cultures and epochs. >Universalism. Religion: In religion, too, people rely on general human reason and cultivate (...) religious tolerance. >Religion, >Toleration, >Culture, >Cultural transmission. Laws: Although the families have a patriarchal structure, the authorities are elected strictly democratically. Moreover, More puts his own profession, jurisprudence, within narrow bounds, for there are few laws in Utopia, and they are easy to interpret. >Family, >Utopias, cf. >Utopianism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
More, Thomas Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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