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Ideas for Herodotus, David Hume and Tuckness,A/Wolf,C

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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

20598	In a democracy, which 'people' are included in the decision process? [Tuckness/Wolf]
	Full Idea: In any democratic state, who are 'the people' who get to rule themselves? That is, who gets to participate in the public decision process, and who is excluded?
	From: Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 5 'What is')
	A reaction: In the modern world this may be clear-cut when a democracy gets started, but people move around so much more that every democracy is faced with new types of residents. Then there is age, criminality, mental health...

20614	People often have greater attachment to ethnic or tribal groups than to the state [Tuckness/Wolf]
	Full Idea: Some states have a number of different ethnic or tribal groups. Often these attachments are much stronger than the attachment people feel towards the state.
	From: Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 6 'Membership')
	A reaction: In Britain I fine people torn between attachments to the UK and to England or Wales or Scotland or NI. Attachments to football clubs are much stronger than most patriotism. Or attachment to a particular locality. Does it matter?

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality

21099	People must have agreed to authority, because they are naturally equal, prior to education [Hume]
	Full Idea: When we consider how nearly equal all men are in their bodily force, and even in their mental powers and faculties, till cultivated by education, ...then nothing but their own consent could at first associate them together, and subject them to authority.
	From: David Hume (Of the original contract [1741], p.276)
	A reaction: This doesn't sound very convincing. Some people are much better suited than others to training and education. Men vary enormously in size.

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / a. Original position

20596	For global justice, adopt rules without knowing which country you will inhabit [Tuckness/Wolf]
	Full Idea: Imagine a new original position where we adopted rules for global justice without knowing which country we would inhabit.
	From: Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 4 'Cosmopolitan')
	A reaction: Nice question. North Korea!! Rawls says it is only within a nation, because there is a co-operative enterprise going on. That is, I presume, that the choosers involved are a 'people'. See Kant's 'Perpetual Peace' for an alternative.

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / b. Veil of ignorance

20593	The veil of ignorance ensures both fairness and unanimity [Tuckness/Wolf]
	Full Idea: The veil of ignorance ensures that the original position is fair, but it also guarantees that agreement will be unanimous (which would be impossible if each person insisted that justice should match her own conception).
	From: Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 4 'Original')
	A reaction: Not clear about this. If I choose very cautiously, but others choose very riskily, and they win, why I should I fall in with their unanimity? That can only be if we agree to be unanimous in backing the result. Like a democratic election?