Monday, July 21, 2014

First Principle of Political Philosophy

The first principle of Political Philosophy must be--It is more advantageous for a collective to be organized than to not be.  Now, whether or not that principle, regardless of how it is implemented, is instinctive, seems difficult to ascertain, but some apparent objections to it do not suffice as counter-examples.  Anarchism presents no exception--in it is entailed the belief that a collective is best organized via the autonomy of each member.  Similarly, Randian Libertarianism relies primarily on the 'invisible hand of the market' for social structure.  Even Nietzsche's form-imposing conqueror believes that the multitude that he is shaping is better off under those conditions, with which the multitude agrees, a concordance which on both sides Nietzsche misunderstands as merely a Will to Power per se.  So, the principle is presupposed in all the main debates in the topic, begin with how organization is to be achieved, and which structure is best.

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