2010
DOI: 10.1017/s0008423910000673
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Charter Creep: Creeping Precommitment and the Threat to Liberal Republicanism

Abstract: Abstract. At the heart of constitutionalism lies a fundamental flaw, what Stephen Holmes calls the paradox of democracy. On one hand precommitment—the constitutional entrenchment of certain fundamental rules and values—represents a restriction upon the ability of otherwise self-governing citizens to govern themselves. On the other, absent precommitment, self-governance becomes a precarious proposition. In this article I distinguish between “good” precommitment, whereby values to be protected are generally cons… Show more

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“…By regularly engaging with this theme, torture porn dramatizes a set of ideas akin to Lusztig's concern that self-governing citizens "are vulnerable to the despotic impulses" of authority figures, and "are susceptible … to socially akratic preferences." 13 Indeed, torture porn's protagonists frequently relinquish "higher" moral values in favour of immediately pressing short-term goals: survival and escape. Doing so routinely entails abductees turning on one another, sacrificing fellow captives in order to preserve their own safety.…”
Section: "Someone Is Watching:" 5 the Panopticonmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By regularly engaging with this theme, torture porn dramatizes a set of ideas akin to Lusztig's concern that self-governing citizens "are vulnerable to the despotic impulses" of authority figures, and "are susceptible … to socially akratic preferences." 13 Indeed, torture porn's protagonists frequently relinquish "higher" moral values in favour of immediately pressing short-term goals: survival and escape. Doing so routinely entails abductees turning on one another, sacrificing fellow captives in order to preserve their own safety.…”
Section: "Someone Is Watching:" 5 the Panopticonmentioning
confidence: 99%