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The Guild Review is a blog of art, culture, faith and politics. We seek understanding, not conformity.

Showing posts with label authority. Show all posts
Showing posts with label authority. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Political Consciousness and Meritocracy Revisited

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A little while ago, I wrote two posts on political consciousness and meritocracy , which I would like to revisit in light of a passage I ca...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Authority and Custom: No More Etymology

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I must thank Aaron for a comment he made regarding my post on authority and power. He suggested that I think about the importance of the wil...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Authority & Power: A Little More Etymology

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When I wrote a week ago about natural authority , I left out an important aspect of the discussion: power. Again, I will examine this questi...
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Natural Authority: A Short Exercise in Etymology

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One of the hallmarks of modern political thought is the denial of natural authority. Just think of the social contract theory. According to ...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Personal Authority (Part II)

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Yesterday, I tried to show that even in our bureaucratic age, we still desire personal authority , whether we realize it or not. Today I wan...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Personal Authority (Part I)

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Last Friday one of my law school classes took a field trip to the federal Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago to hear oral argum...
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