Niklas Luhmann`s Theory of Politics and Law
... depends ultimately upon a particular view of human nature (what we refer to later as ‘anthropocentric’). In this respect it does not fulfil the expectations of those many sociologists who still want a theory to be testable or, at least, to provide clear indications of causal factors and likely outcom ...
... depends ultimately upon a particular view of human nature (what we refer to later as ‘anthropocentric’). In this respect it does not fulfil the expectations of those many sociologists who still want a theory to be testable or, at least, to provide clear indications of causal factors and likely outcom ...
THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION LIFEWORLD AND
... The ideas of reconciliation and freedom, which Adorno—who in the final analysis remained under the spell of Hegelian thought—merely circled around in a negative-dialectical fashion, stand in need of explication. They can in fact be developed by means of the concept of commul ...
... The ideas of reconciliation and freedom, which Adorno—who in the final analysis remained under the spell of Hegelian thought—merely circled around in a negative-dialectical fashion, stand in need of explication. They can in fact be developed by means of the concept of commul ...
The Rational and the Reasonable: Social Choice Theory and
... already been decided in a particular way, then the court should decide the instant case in the same way unless there is a good reason for distinguishing it. This is what is meant by legal consistency, or the formal justice notion of "treating like cases alike," and this is what is required by the do ...
... already been decided in a particular way, then the court should decide the instant case in the same way unless there is a good reason for distinguishing it. This is what is meant by legal consistency, or the formal justice notion of "treating like cases alike," and this is what is required by the do ...
agreeing to disagree: diversity and the social contract
... stone tablets that we can read our principles of justice and social rules off of. Indeed, even if there were, the record is not so good on us being able to follow them or agree about their meaning. We need a social contract because we disagree. The puzzle is how people who fundamentally disagree abo ...
... stone tablets that we can read our principles of justice and social rules off of. Indeed, even if there were, the record is not so good on us being able to follow them or agree about their meaning. We need a social contract because we disagree. The puzzle is how people who fundamentally disagree abo ...
bepress Legal Series The Disenchantment of Logically Formal
... notion that government should help individuals realize their wills, restrained only as necessary to permit others to do the same. In its more ambitious versions, the will theory made public as well as private law norms follow from this foundational commitment (for example, by generating theories of ...
... notion that government should help individuals realize their wills, restrained only as necessary to permit others to do the same. In its more ambitious versions, the will theory made public as well as private law norms follow from this foundational commitment (for example, by generating theories of ...
Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History
... may treat them as such without question, or they may endeavour to fortify them by some kind of proof. In fact, human ideas and social forms are neither static nor given. In our age, this has become very obvious to most of us; and it has been obvious for quite some time. But any attempt at understand ...
... may treat them as such without question, or they may endeavour to fortify them by some kind of proof. In fact, human ideas and social forms are neither static nor given. In our age, this has become very obvious to most of us; and it has been obvious for quite some time. But any attempt at understand ...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU`S THEORY OF LAW AND CIVIL
... and Locke, the scope of his project was not significantly different from theirs’. He understood society to be an invention, and he attempted to explain the nature of human beings by stripping them of all of the accidental qualities brought about by socialization. Thus, understanding human nature amo ...
... and Locke, the scope of his project was not significantly different from theirs’. He understood society to be an invention, and he attempted to explain the nature of human beings by stripping them of all of the accidental qualities brought about by socialization. Thus, understanding human nature amo ...
Introduction to Historical Jurisprudence Paul Vinogradoff 1920
... of any subject: it forms, as it were, the atmosphere for all scientific studies. At the same time it cannot and ought not to direct the investigation of any particular point, for the very reason that it aims at a synthesis of all. Every jurist is left to face the problems of law in his own way, and ...
... of any subject: it forms, as it were, the atmosphere for all scientific studies. At the same time it cannot and ought not to direct the investigation of any particular point, for the very reason that it aims at a synthesis of all. Every jurist is left to face the problems of law in his own way, and ...
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... to the physical sciences have on the whole met with failure. Hence arose a violent dispute as to whether the methods of the physical sciences were at all applicable to the social sciences; 4 and, according to their particular views as to the applicability or nonapplicability of the methods of the ph ...
... to the physical sciences have on the whole met with failure. Hence arose a violent dispute as to whether the methods of the physical sciences were at all applicable to the social sciences; 4 and, according to their particular views as to the applicability or nonapplicability of the methods of the ph ...
social reconstruction and social movements in
... functions of organizations. Finally, the last stage in the theoretical framework of social movement life cycle is ―Decline‖, or ―Institutionalization‖. According to this stage decline does not necessarily mean failure for social movements though, Miller (1999) argues, there are four ways in which so ...
... functions of organizations. Finally, the last stage in the theoretical framework of social movement life cycle is ―Decline‖, or ―Institutionalization‖. According to this stage decline does not necessarily mean failure for social movements though, Miller (1999) argues, there are four ways in which so ...
Modernity International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Ed
... conceptualized the self as a reflexive, autonomous, and rational will, freely choosing its ends and projecting its values onto an indifferent nature that is void of purpose. Political association is cast less as the common pursuit for higher ends (the “perfectionism” of ancient political theorists) ...
... conceptualized the self as a reflexive, autonomous, and rational will, freely choosing its ends and projecting its values onto an indifferent nature that is void of purpose. Political association is cast less as the common pursuit for higher ends (the “perfectionism” of ancient political theorists) ...
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... the people not rule of the people Democracy is a dynamic Process of transformation. Coming together and ...
... the people not rule of the people Democracy is a dynamic Process of transformation. Coming together and ...