What Is Wrong with Politcs? (8): The Democracy of the Future

8 – THE DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE – Requirements for a Competent Alternative Model – Democracy of the Future: Cascade or Inverted Tree Representation – Freedom Is Guaranteed – A Process with Equal Opportunities – The Harmony Between Functions and Capabilities – The Creation of the Necessary Power – An Example for the Nations Is… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (7): World Problems and the Dominant Political Models

7 – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE DOMINANT POLITICAL MODELS – Some of the Main World Problems – Perverse Dynamics of “Free” International Competition As Immediate Cause of the Main Problems – Competition Between the Big Organizations – Weakness of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy – Incompetence of the Marxist Model – Difficulty of Sustainable… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (6): Failures of Marxism: Premisses and Organizational Model

6 – FAILURES OF MARXISM: PREMISSES AND ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL – The Law of the Foundational Conflict – Consciousness Determined By the Material Environment – The Human Being in Marxism – The Ethics of Marxism – The Marxist Model: Virtues and Failures What is the vision of a human being that gathers the social philosophy of… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (5): Failures of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy

5 – FAILURES OF THE PRESENT MODELS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY – Importance of the Model of Political Organization – Results of Not Understanding the Unity and the Differences – Importance of the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity – The Two Main Functions of a Political System – The Process of Choosing the Main… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (4): Liberalism: Premisses and Political System

4 – LIBERALISM: PREMISSES AND POLITICAL SYSTEM – The Dominant Thought Currents – Mistaken Premisses – The Beginnings of Liberalism – Human Being: Rational, Egocentric and Similar Capabilities – Three Independent Powers: Order of Checks and Balances – Minimum State – One Man, One Vote – Changes with Permanency of the Foundational Premisses – The… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (3): Differences of Capabilities Among Human Beings

3 – DIFFERENCES OF CAPABILITIES AMONG HUMAN BEINGS – The Studies of Philip E. Converse – Breadth Levels in Political Understanding – The Differences: Constraint Quantification in Belief Systems – The Differences: Elements of Greater Centrality – The Differences: Organizational Role of Abstract Concepts – The Differences: Breadth Levels in Converse’s Categories – Level I:… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (2): Unity Underlying Humanity

2 – UNITY UNDERLYING HUMANITY – Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions – Buddhism – Christianity – Confucianism – Hinduism – Islamism – Judaism – Taoism – Shintoism – Unity in the Contemporary Sciences Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions A worldview that contemplates an essential unity in relation to the deep nature… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (1): Index of Chapters and Introduction

WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLITICS? BASES FOR A TRUE DEMOCRACY Note for the current version (for the Internet): At the moment, this is the fundational work on Humanitarianism. In its chapters, the bases of the social philosophy called Humanitarianism are exposed, albeit synthetically. What Is Wrong with Politics? Bases for a True Democracy Arnaldo Sisson… Read More

To Justify Absolutism, Hobbes Starts From the “Homo Homini Lupus”

Liberalism appears as a reaction to the Absolutist order, and one of the last great theorists of Absolutism was Thomas Hobbes, author of the famous work The Leviathan (1651), who conceived the human being as naturally selfish, if not violent, as we can read in quote that follows: “In order to justify absolute government, Hobbes… Read More

Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (15): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The First Object as an Example of Consistent Solution

XV – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The First Object as an Example of a Consistent Solution (Chapter XV of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 161 – “The truths and mysteries of occultism constitute, indeed, a body of the highest spiritual importance, at once profound and practical for the… Read More