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A Disquisition on Government (Hardcover)
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A Disquisition on Government (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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Nineteenth-century American politician John C. Calhoun occupies a
paradoxical place in the history of political thought - and of
critical thinking. On one hand, he is remembered as a committed
advocate of slavery, consistently espousing views that are now
considered indefensible and abhorrent. On the other, the political
theories that Calhoun used to defend the social injustice of
slavery have become the basis of the very systems by which modern
democracies defend minority rights. Despite being crafted in
defence of a system as unjust as slavery, the arguments that
Calhoun expressed about minority rights in democracies in A
Disquisition On Government remain an excellent example of how
problem solving skills and reasoning can come together. The
problem, for Calhoun, was both specific and general. As matters
stood in the late 1840s, the majority of American states were
anti-slavery, with only the minority, Southern states remaining
pro-slavery. This boiled down to a crucial issue with democracy:
the US government should not, Calhoun argued, only respect the
wishes of the majority. Instead, democratic government must aim to
harmonize diverse groups and their interests - governing, in so far
as possible, for everyone. His analysis of how the Southern states
could protect what he saw as their right to keep slaves led Calhoun
to formulate solutions to the problem of 'the tyranny of the
majority' that have since helped defend far worthier minority
views.
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