Routledge library editions: history and philosophy of science, Vol. 31, Evidence and explanation in social science: an interdisciplinary approach
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In: Diplomacy & statecraft, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 246
ISSN: 0959-2296
In: Diplomacy and statecraft, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 470-489
ISSN: 1557-301X
In: Diplomacy & statecraft, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 470
ISSN: 0959-2296
In: The journal of Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 389-390
ISSN: 0306-3631
In: West European politics, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 298-299
ISSN: 0140-2382
In: Commonwealth & comparative politics, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 182
In: The journal of Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 389-390
ISSN: 0306-3631
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 288
In: Studies in economics and political science 8
In: The review of politics, Band 62, Heft 1, S. 139-140
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 263-286
ISSN: 1477-7053
CLASSICAL POLITICAL THEORY HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH TWO over-arching problems; the stability and survivaI of political systems and the rationality of political acts. Rational decisions, it has been assumed, lead to stable and successful government. The first rule of nature is to make peace, Hobbes pointed out, and it is human reason that devises means for doing this.All the arguments, of course, have hung on the definition of rationality, and more particularly on the question ofwho, in practice, is to define what is rational or contribute to such a definition. The ultimate objective of the philosophers has been the 'good of the whole community', so the question has always resolved itself into establishing criteria for deciding which category or categories of person, under which set of rules or restraints, are most likely to make rational contributions to political decision-making for the good of the whole society. A large vocabulary of concepts – sovereignty, general will, obligation, citizenship, rights and so on – has been developed to provide theoretically satisfactory answers to this question.
In: Diplomacy and statecraft, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 401-417
ISSN: 1557-301X