Philosophy of Democratic Government / by Yves R. Simon


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Paine, Thomas: 4, 60
Papen, Fritz von: 93
Parents: authority, 8-10
Paris (Revolution, July 1930): 118 n.
Particular good: 55, 56, 58
Partnership: 63, 64, 65
Party system: 103-108
      multiplication of parties, 105
      nondemocratic features, 106
      number of parties, 105
      party voluntarily remaining a
      minority, 104-105
      see also Political parties
Pascal, Blaise: 211, 212
Passion: 270
Past: 275
Pasteur, Louis: 280
Paternal authority, see Authority
Paternalism: family life, 303
Patriotism: 66
Peace:
      happiness, 266
      industrial expansion and, 289
      nineteenth century industrialism, 289-290
      ruler's intention, 35 n.
      technology friendly to man, 284
People:
      government in hands of, 247
      power of decision, 189-190
      power reverts to, when ruler is
      deposed, 182
      the term "people," 77
Perfection:
      God's governance, 131 n.
      good use and, 268
      law of development, 112
Persecution: 137
Personality: labor and, 301-302
Persuasion:
      authority and coercion, 108-109
      coercion and, 115, 194
      deliberation about principles, 123-126
      discussion in democracies, 137
      evil makes difficulty for, 116-117
      in an ideal society, 69
      psychical coercion, 125, 127
      role in democracy, 115, 117, 118-119, 127
Perversion: 270-271
Pessimism, 79, 98
Peter, Saint: 155, 156, 163, 170
Physical defects: 269-271
Pioneers: 128-129
Pity: 91
Place: instability, 313
Plato: 52, 55, 56, 57, 226
Pleasure: 110 n., 264
Plebiscite, 39, 77, 117 n.
Plurality of means: 33
Police officer: 113-114
Political:
      ability; art, 214-215
      power, see Power
      society, 87
      the term, 73 n.
Political parties:
      campaigns: 118
      democratic life, 317
      freedom of expression, 122-123
      membership, 211
      one-party organizations, 99, 136
      organs of the people, 104
Pope:
      church's power to depose, 162
      Councils and, 160
      election of, 164, 174
      heretical, 161-162, 179
      papal supremacy, 160-161
      power from God, 157, 179
      unique power, 161, 163
      vicar of Christ / church, 156. 158, 165
Positivism: 84-85, 191, 209
Poverty:
      abundance and, 246
      choices affected by, 32-33
      concern for the lower strata, 216
      culture and, 92
      destitution, 250
      health and disease, 205-206
      liberalism, 120
Power (public power):
      acquisition of wealth, 290
      allocation to the many, 98
      arbitrary, 75 n.
Bellarmine on transmission, 185
      belongs primarily to the people, 159
      belongs to whole multitude, 166-168
      coercion and, 109
      community, 165, 171-172, 173
      corrupt transmission of, 186
      criminals attaining political leadership, 82-84
      delegated, 146-147,148
      distribution; proportional representation, 100
      divine right, 155-157
      extraordinary powers from Constitution, 183
      few over the many, 38
      genuine transmission of, 182
      given immediately by God, 170-172, 174
      God as immediate cause of, 169, 174
      God: intermediary of human
      deliberation, 167, 172
      human right of conferring, 174
      intrusted not by God, but by man, 171
      Jefferson on, 136 n.
      lust for, 135, 262, 264, 288-296
      naturalness of, 171
      necessity (political), 166-167
      nondemocratic control, 142, 183
      nontransmission of, 181, 186-187
      people: greater than the power
      transmitted, 179
      political and ecclesiastical, 167
      possession, and right to use, 183
      psychology of, 135-136
      residing in the whole, 159, 166-168, 170-172
      right to command, 187
      subservience to private interest, 141
      suspension of right to use, 183
      technical, 285
      temptation to extend rule, 131, 132, 142
      transferred from multitude, 166-168
      transmission; nondemocratic regime, 183
      voluntary consent of the people, 174-175
      wealth and, 222, 226
Prices:
      liberalism, 120, 246
      rule of justice, 236, 245, 246
Pride: 311
Prime matter: 34
Primitive peoples: 12
Princes: 167
Principles: 123-126
Private ownership, see Ownership
Private property, see Property
Privileges:
      aristocracy, 258
      hazard of birth, 224-225
Production:
      cost of, 241-242, 245, 246, 249
      industrial vs family farm, 300-301
      socialization, 257
      triple goal, 321
Profit: 237, 238, 239, 240, 248-249, 301
Progress: 139-140, 207, 280
Prohibition (alcohol): 145
Proletariat: 3 n., 4 n., 14 n., 254-255
Propaganda: 67, 126-127, 287
Property:
      abolition; hopes, 257
      hereditary transmission, 224
      leaders and, 219
      preservation of society, 247-248
      resistance to imperialism, 134
      socialism, 256
      technical power and, 285
      voting and, 94
      see also Ownership
Proposition: 20-22
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph: 2 n., 133-135, 231, 247, 248
Prudence:
      acquisition, 282
      culture and, 297
      different judgments; mark of secrecy, 27
      indetermination, 242
      individual conduct, 27-28
      leadership. 279
      practical judgment, 21
      practical truth, 25
      practical wisdom, 27
Psychiatry: 271
Public administrations: 58
Public decency: 120
Public health: 56
Public opinion: 185, 186, 192
Public power, see Power
Punishment: fear of, 111-112
Puritans: 119


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