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Concepts of state and transition as used by Kierkegaard
While reading Søren Kierkegaard's "The Concept of Anxiety", I asked myself how much of the temporal interpretation of dialectic and the interaction between state and transition (leap) are original to ...
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Alternative to Illegalisation
The problem of illegalisation is that crimes have to be controlled and prevented by the state (police) and this assignment can never be concluded (of course crime will still happen and not every ...
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What does Marxism envision as the role of the state in the economy?
According to Marx, in capitalism, what role does the state play? Is it independent of the economy? Also, does the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie, have anything to do with the state ...
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How can a nation be legitimized in declaring sovereignty over newborns?
Suppose a child is born. In the entire world, that person will inherit his parent's nationality, hence, becoming citizen of a certain country. (Or two countries, in specific cases.)
That means that ...
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Agency vs. Agency of Others
Starting with the supposition that we want to allow humans agency, insofar as it does not infringe upon the agency of others, what punishments can a state impose that do not make them guilty of the ...
