Philosophy of Democratic Government / by Yves R. Simon


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

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Sacrifice: love of common good, 48
Saint-Simonists: 196, 224, 225 n., 226, 261, 288, 289, 292
Saints: as rulers, 216
Salary: 242
Sandoz, Albert: 236 n.
Saul: 164
Scholarships: 229
Science: 209, 214, 218, 272, 278
      culture and, 297
      scientific man: 285
      scientific method: 273
      unanimity lacking in, 20
Secession: 13
Secrecy: protection by, 281
Security: 242, 276, 291
Self: seeking, away from God, 231
Self-government: 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 60 n.
      autonomy, 302
      farm work, 301
      labor process, 299, 301
      rural life, 261
      training in, 305
Self-sacrifice: 231
Sense appetite: 270-271, 285, 286-287
Serfdom: 231, 234, 254, 305
Service: sense of, 310-311
Servitude: 70, 141, 248, 262, 308
      freedom and, 233
      man in state of innocence, 59 n.
      the word, 231
Simplicity: 131
Sin: inclination to virtue diminished by, 80 n.
Slavery: 131, 234, 254, 255, 260
      Aristotle on family, 315
      basis of society in antiquity, 288 n.
      elements of, 231, 232
      emancipation by machine, 290
      mastership and, 59 n.
      for private good of others, 74
      wars and, 288-289
Sociability: 308
Social:
      acts, 88
      classes, 1, 2, 253-257
      condition, 4 n.
      engineer, 291
      history, 233
      sciences, 31, 191, 282
      structure, 208, 223
      unity, see Unity
      values, 130, 203, 235, 241, 322
Socialism: 196, 224, 231, 246-247, 252, 256
Society:
      animal societies, 63 n.
      authority an essential function in, 33
      civil and ecclesiastical, 165
      civil; definition, 63
      classless, 3
      coercive power, 304
      common good and particular goods, 48, 51
      defining feature of civil society, 67-68
      deification of, 84, 85
      dissolution of, 4 n.
      distinction needed in, 55
      distinguishing features of, 63-64
      equal protection for all, 205
      erecting into deity, 84
      evil's main dwelling place, 90
      fulfillment of duties toward, 308
      good / perfection of, 34
      good use of techniques, 284
      ground for constitution of, 50
      groups: the governing and the
      governed, 37
      ideally perfect people, 37, 67, 101
      immaturity, 70
      individual roles in, 54
      judge stands for, 41
      mere partnership, 63, 64, 65
      morality and, 191
      natural fur man to live in, 62 n., 191
      needs associated with, 242-244
      none, without a common good, 48
      obedience in, 146
      orders of, 256
      particular goods in, 55
      power of resistance to state, 134
      power re questions voted on, 85-86
      power to protect itself, 166
      priority and subordination in, 47
      produced by our wants, 61-63
      progress: growth of liberty, 139-140
      protector of conscience, 112
      reign of reason in, 138
      social causality on election day, 88
      social divisions in, 13
      societies relative to common good, 64
      state as threat to, 135
      technological, 273
      truth and, 85
      union tending to a common end, 33 n.
      upbringing of youth entrusted to, 225
      utopian, 19
      wisdom of, 242
      see also Citizen; Common good; Community; Family; Government
Socrates: 53 n.
Soldiers: 42-44
Solidarity: 255
Solitude:
      Christian sociability, 266
      city life, 308
      romantic seeker of, 266-267
      threat to, 311
Solomon, 62 n.
Sophistry: 294
Soul:
      Aquinas on body and soul, 200 n.
      despotic ruler of body, 72 n.
      individual creation of, 170
Southern states: 260
Sovereignty: 129, 144, 161, 162, 166-167, 175, 176-194
      democratic condition of, 181
      nondemocratic regimes, 18 1-182
      partial nontransmission of, 184
      of the people, 62 n., 147, 148, 149, 151, 176, 177
      transmission theory, 178, 181, 184, 189, 193
      ungenuinely transmitted, 187, 188
Space utility: 238
Stalin, Joseph, V., 2 n.
State:
      basic duty of, 247
      coercion, 68-69
      communism, 2
      concern of all citizens, 87
      defined by the common good pursued, 134-135
      democratic transformation of, 127-143
      despotic, 74
      duties re common good. 11
      evil makes state necessary, 4-5
      Fascist, 2
      greatest good / evil in (Plato), 52
      hypothesis: a people free from evil, 110 n.
      imperialism, 132, 135, 247
      intervention by, 6
      management by, 252
      necessity, 69
      a plurality, 53 n.
      Proudhon on, 134
      purely contractual society, 50
      purification by democratic control, 132
      reluctance to tolerate autonomy, 131
      right use of coercion, 109-110
      rights of citizens and, 130 n.
      society's power of resistance to, 134
      supersession of, 133
      threat to society, 135
      training of children, 69
      transmission theory, 178
      unnecessary, 3
Strikes: 113, 115, 139
Suarez, Francisco: 161, 169-178
Subjection of woman, 61 n.
Success: virtue and, 68
Suffering: 258, 272, 317
Suffrage:
      decisive argument for, 98
      deliberation re: questions submitted to vote, 86
      election of wrong candidate; evil, 81
      equalitarian rule, 96
      frequency of bad choice, 81
      functions, 86
      optimism: sociological form, 84
      power of numbers, 96-98
      restricted franchise, 118 n.
      universal, 77-99
      vindication (statistical, sociological, romantic), 79
Surgery: 283
Surplus: 249, 251


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