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Yet some kinds of equality, apart from those directly assured by the structure of
democracy, appeal to our sense of what is fair and reasonable, and even where
strict equality is ruled out there are extreme inequalities, such as that between ...
Yet some kinds of equality, apart from those directly assured by the structure of
democracy, appeal to our sense of what is fair and reasonable, and even where
strict equality is ruled out there are extreme inequalities, such as that between ...
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Chapter Four ANOTHER KIND OF DEMOCRACYP A new and particularly
beguiling misconception has gained hold in recent times. It has misled a number
of people who have democratic sympathies and it has been assiduously
propagated ...
Chapter Four ANOTHER KIND OF DEMOCRACYP A new and particularly
beguiling misconception has gained hold in recent times. It has misled a number
of people who have democratic sympathies and it has been assiduously
propagated ...
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They seek to persuade one another, and even when they do it in the sheer
conviction that they are preaching the truth they may still be grossly mistaken.
What then is the way out? What kind of utopia is pure of propagandism? Where
on earth ...
They seek to persuade one another, and even when they do it in the sheer
conviction that they are preaching the truth they may still be grossly mistaken.
What then is the way out? What kind of utopia is pure of propagandism? Where
on earth ...
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Contents
Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Ramparts We Guard Weil lectures on American citizenship |
| Authors | Robert Morrison MacIver, Robert Morrison Mac Iver |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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