David T. Risser

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Is a bad government better than no government at all?

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the influential English political philosopher, claimed that the human condition without a government capable of enforcing peace and stability, and able to protect...

26 October 2016 1,690 94 View

Do you agree or disagree with compulsory voting in a representative democracy? How does your answer reflect your view of democratic participation?

Compulsory voting is not a new concept, either theoretically or in practice. Currently, 22 countries have laws for compulsory voting, but they are not enforced in 11. The practice creates a legal...

20 March 2015 7,598 9 View

Do you agree or disagree that there is a separate morality, appropriate to politics, but one which conflicts with conventional or private morality?

This persistent question is often known as the problem of "dirty hands" (from Sartre). First, this question excludes actions by political leaders which are merely aimed at benefiting the...

11 November 2014 7,179 24 View

Is representative democracy (a system of regularly elected representatives) adequate for giving voice to the will of the people?

The first system of democratic government, in ancient Athens, was direct not representative. More recently in his Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues that only a direct form of...

17 August 2014 1,918 6 View