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REMARKS ON HUMAN NATURE AND POLITICAL COMMUNITY IN E. BURKE. (Uwagi o naturze ludzkiej i wspólnocie politycznej u Edmunda Burke'a.

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Piekarski R. M.

Pieniądze i Więź

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2009

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vol. 12

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issue 1(42)

9-18

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This article is an attempt to refute the accusation of hostility towards intellect and rationalism to Burke, which is also mentioned by MacIntyre. It is questionable that Burke was falsifying English history for his own benefits. It was ideological conviction connected with French Revolution judged as seditious and 'metaphysical', not conformism, that made him strive for split in his own party. Also in this context he warned of retreating to some founding state, of raising society from the beginning, of starting reforms with act of establishment's breakage. He was convinced that old-time social life, such as human cities and political communities, can't be forced in new political and legal constructions without a great waste and damage of prolonged evolution of human institutions and companionship. Burke's well known belief that to govern we need through knowledge of state's nature and spirit, which is complex and delicate, does not confirm his anti-intellectual attitude. Burke's view of power was probably a public service, in the interest of the nation. MacIntyre, who defends the values of tradition, owes more to Burke than he wants to admit. Nevertheless Burke in his attack on theoretical abstractions goes too far. There is a kind of reflexivity elimination form the practice. Practice without autocratic debates (as MacIntyre exposed) as well as axiological references, which are enabled by theory (as Leo Strauss exposed) would lead to lethal stagnation, but it was not really realized by Burke.

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ŠTÁTNE OBČIANSTVO AKO PODMIENKA VOLEBNÉHO PRÁVA AJ V 21. STOROČÍ?

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Domin M.

Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)

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2018

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vol. 101

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issue 5

493 – 519

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The paper disputes the acceptance of a specific nationality as a traditional requisite for the suffrage. Particular attention is paid to parliamentary elections, because a parliament generally represents the leading state authority. The paper also contents an attempt to formulate alternatives that would replace the nationality as a requisite of the suffrage. They are above all the principle of affected interests and the coercion principle, which also demonstrate the fact that an individual is a part of the political community and therefore should have the right to participate on the government of this political community, even though the suffrage. The paper is based on the authorʼs habilitation lecture.

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POLITICAL ROLE OF A (POLITICAL) PHILOSOPHER IN POLIS ACCORDING TO ALASDAIR MACINTYRE (Rola i odpowiedzialnosc filozofa polityki w polis wedle A. MacIntyre'a.)

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Piekarski R. M.

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2010

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vol. 13

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issue 4(49)

7-12

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What makes a philosopher direct his attention to the word of politics? An event and moral evil with which ordinary people cannot cope and do not even know what to think about. This is the case of Plato, T. Hobbes, L. Strauss, K. Jaspers. It can also be a quest for reconciliation with reality which the philosopher finds unacceptable. This is the case of Aristotle, Hegel, M. Walzer and A. MacIntyre. In both cases the philosopher distances himself from the social order and current dynamics of the world power. He remains in the domain of concepts and theories and is able to pass from a pure knowledge about the world to practical conclusions. Philosopher himself does not act but he provides premises for decisions and political activity of authorities or citizens. Strauss witnessed the collapse of both totalitarian systems of XX century, which he conceived as consequences of errors of the whole post-Enlightenment modernity. Jaspers searched for political guilt in the past of Germany and in omissions of European nations after World War I. According to Arendt Europeans, and German in particular, suffered for both moral and intellectual decay of judgment (Urteilskraft). Walzer searches for reconciliation of the philosopher with the democracy, a reconciliation difficult for both parties. MacIntyre is quite a radical critic of capitalist modernity who searches for relatively gentle forms of therapy. How does he portrait the figure of philosopher who is critical to modernity? And what are his intellectual virtues? What remedies does he give to the dynamics of the contemporary social word of globalization? These questions the Author tries to answer by comparing MacIntyre's line of reasoning with those of the other authors mentioned above.

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1 Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)

2 Piekarski R. M.

1 Domin M.

1 2018

1 2010

1 2009

REMARKS ON HUMAN NATURE AND POLITICAL COMMUNITY IN E. BURKE. (Uwagi o naturze ludzkiej i wspólnocie politycznej u Edmunda Burke'a.

ŠTÁTNE OBČIANSTVO AKO PODMIENKA VOLEBNÉHO PRÁVA AJ V 21. STOROČÍ?

POLITICAL ROLE OF A (POLITICAL) PHILOSOPHER IN POLIS ACCORDING TO ALASDAIR MACINTYRE (Rola i odpowiedzialnosc filozofa polityki w polis wedle A. MacIntyre'a.)