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DESCRIPTION:\n	Join Arthur Applbaum\,&nbsp\;Adams Professor of Political Lea
 dership and Democratic Values at the Harvard Kennedy School\, for a discus
 sion of his latest book\,&nbsp\;Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton 
 World.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n	What makes a government legitimate? The dominant view
  is that public officials have the right to rule us\, even if they are unf
 air or unfit\, as long as they gain power through procedures traceable to 
 the consent of the governed. In this rigorous and timely study\, Arthur Is
 ak Applbaum argues that adherence to procedure is not enough: even a prope
 rly chosen government does not rule legitimately if it fails to protect ba
 sic rights\, to treat its citizens as political equals\, or to act coheren
 tly.\n\n\n\n	How are we to reconcile every person’s entitlement to freedom 
 with the necessity of coercive law? Applbaum’s answer is that a government
  legitimately governs its citizens only if the government is a free group 
 agent constituted by free citizens. To be a such a group agent\, a governm
 ent must uphold three principles. The liberty principle\, requiring that t
 he basic rights of citizens be secured\, is necessary to protect against i
 nhumanity\, a tyranny in practice. The equality principle\, requiring that
  citizens have equal say in selecting who governs\, is necessary to protec
 t against despotism\, a tyranny in title. The agency principle\, requiring
  that a government’s actions reflect its decisions and its decisions refle
 ct its reasons\, is necessary to protect against wantonism\, a tyranny of 
 unreason.\n\n\n\n	Today\, Applbaum writes\, the greatest threat to the esta
 blished democracies is neither inhumanity nor despotism but wantonism\, th
 e domination of citizens by incoherent\, inconstant\, and incontinent rule
 rs. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern othe
 rs.\n\n\n\n	&nbsp\;\n\n
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World
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