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Single Idea 22569
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 2. Political equality
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Full Idea
The people of Heraea replaced election with selection by lot because those who electioneered were getting elected.
Gist of Idea
The Heraeans replaced election with lot, to thwart campaigning
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1303a14)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.115
A Reaction
Maybe electioneering can distort sensible choices, but good choices need good knowledge of the candidates. It is much harder in large communities.
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[equality of involvement in running society]:
22550
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It is dreadful to neither give a share nor receive a share
[Aristotle]
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22568
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Faction is for inferiors to be equal, and equals to become superior
[Aristotle]
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22569
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The Heraeans replaced election with lot, to thwart campaigning
[Aristotle]
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19990
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Democracy is corrupted by lack of equality, or by extreme equality (between rulers and ruled)
[Montesquieu]
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19857
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All citizens are eligible for roles in the state, purely on the basis of merit
[Mirabeau/committee]
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22671
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Equality can only be established by equal rights for all (or no rights for anyone)
[Tocqueville]
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4491
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In modern society virtue is 'equal rights', but only because everyone is zero, so it is a sum of zeroes
[Nietzsche]
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20940
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Perfect political equality requires economic equality
[Gramsci]
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23416
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Political involvement is needed, to challenge existing practices
[Habermas, by Kymlicka]
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6478
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Democracy is opposed to equality, if the poor are not a majority
[Nagel]
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3273
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Equality nowadays is seen as political, social, legal and economic
[Nagel]
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3274
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Equality can either be defended as good for society, or as good for individual rights
[Nagel]
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20592
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Complex equality restricts equalities from spilling over, like money influencing politics and law
[Walzer, by Tuckness/Wolf]
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18633
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Equal opportunities seems fair, because your fate is from your choices, not your circumstances
[Kymlicka]
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18634
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Equal opportunity arbitrarily worries about social circumstances, but ignores talents
[Kymlicka]
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20503
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Political equality is not much use without social equality
[Wolff,J]
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