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JUDGING LIBERATED FEDERALISM, X
To date, this blog, in introducing the construct, liberated federalism, has reviewed three of its elements: covenant or compact, equality, and communal democracy. Readers are invited to review the last set of postings dedicated to this construct and if they have not read them, are encouraged to do so. These reviews have relied on Philip Selznick’s work and his treatment of those elements.[1]
The last of the Selznick elements is the covenant of reason. This covenant refers to the tacit cultural agreement to a participatory socialization, i.e., a taught morality based on reflection and engagement. Authority under this type of morality must be justified with reasons which would be exercised by those involved. This includes authority (legitimate role) in relation to processes or methods, and to ends. The challenge lies around the ends.
What objective standards can there be for reasoned ends? That is the challenge concerning ends. Ultimately, the commonwealth must decide upon those standards, and this presupposes “… a shared resolve to prefer and perfect dialogue and deliberation. To this extent an element of historicity, of givenness and self-formation, is inevitable and indispensable. But the covenant of reason is peculiar in this, that it is reflexive and self-critical.”[2] That means all aspects of decision-making are subject to such criticism, even the decisions that formulate the ends as well as means.
And in that vein, Selznick identifies three sources of resistance in fulfilling needed support of “reasoned” ends and means.
· One, they rely on normative reasoning – what people decide is worthy of pursuing.[3]
· Two, there is the argument that one should not aggregate a person’s goals and wants into communal rationality – its ambitions, aims, and goals. Communities are their own entities, not a collection of individuals.
· And three, the concern, especially in natural rights guided nations such as the US, is that individual rights are endangered when communities endorse a certain set of moral choices. Yet if one ranks communal welfare above individual preferences, the former should prevail when optional policy is considered.
Intrinsic with the liberated federalist perspective is the concern of congealing, to some degree, the diverse interests and purposes of a modern society. The liberated federalism construct is not a call for complete integration of diverse groups; it is not a desire to eliminate divisive forces in the private sector and it is not expecting unquestioning civic virtue.
Liberated federalism anticipates and encourages a multiplicity of interests in a healthy community. Thomas Jefferson warned the nation of the lack of interests and factions; that if a lack exists, tyrannical rule is more likely, if not guaranteed.[4] The search for a common good, according to this perspective, is to be done within such an environment of diverse interests, not against it. Yes, what is contemplated – and acted upon – is a level of nuance, complexity, and, what’s the word, reality.
This view or element has a number of aspects; this posting will describe the first aspect and the posting to come will review two others. The first aspect of the covenant of reason element is the critique of preferences. This aspect is an expectation that choices will be subject, under the liberated federalism perspective, to critical review.
Surely, in the present market conditions, consumers are not called upon to justify their choices. Voters can make their choices in a similar manner without giving reasons for their preferences even though their choices have social consequences. These arrangements are generally approved of by the assumption that people know what is best for themselves during normal life.
But there should be only the expectation that one’s choices are an indication of what is desirable either for the individual or the community; it is not a conclusive claim. What is wanted should be subject to critical view. By such a review, one understands that ultimately choices fall under a subjective domain; therefore, their justification does not make claims in the objective domain.
But once aims, goals, or targets are identified, objectivity can and should be utilized. An “I want so and so because it will lead to so and so” statement is subject to objective analysis and judgment. In the first instance, objective standards can be applied if the expected consequence is likely to occur or there is a probability that it will. In the second instance, the application of standards by which one judges whether these aims are being realistically pursued can be subject to objectivity.
Objectively derived standards, i.e., standards divorced from the immediate condition can be applied to determine if the consequence(s) is/are desirable for the person or the community. Do behaviors realistically strive toward those aims that have been identified? Do they approach communal desires is a question one can approach from an objective view. This critical function should be obvious, but the application of economic and rationale models has obfuscated this benefit of reflective morality, Selznick points out.
That brings that first aspect, critique of preferences, to an end; next will be claims of conscience, the next aspect of covenant of reason, and then the third aspect, treatment of individual interests will be addressed. With those two aspects “covered,” readers will be sufficiently prepared for the liberated federalism model.
[1] Philip Selznick, The Moral Commonwealth: Social Theory and the Promise of Community (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992).
[2] Ibid., 525.
[3] While such goals, aims, targets are beyond objective review, they are not beyond moral review. What a people want should be questioned as to the goodness or evilness, the rightness or wrongness.
[4] Thomas Jefferson, “From Revolutionary to Statesman/Notes on the State of Virginia,” in Great American Political Thinkers, Volume I, edited by Bernard E. Brown (New York, NY: Avon Books, 1983), 307-331.
#liberated federalism#covenant of reason#aims and goals#objectivity#community#individuality#civics education#social studies
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The day before yesterday I was looking at statistics about reading habits in different countries (average book count per year, age, most read genre, etc) and then yesterday i came across a poll here asking how many books youve read so far this year and now im wondering:
The highest I saw (not just in that poll's tags but on other socials as well) was 365! With the person in question being a lil under 300 rn.
The lowest (and no shame here! I myself have picked up reading again after a long time and it's quite the challenge) was 1! But I also saw lots of people aim for 5.
The average seems to be anywhere around 30 to 60!
And the second most common bracket (interesting that it's also the one made up of mostly late teens and early 20yos) is 10-30!
Idk if anyone will read this but if u do, id love to know more about your thought process in the tags!
(Just pls be kind to each other and no fucked up elitism lol)
#books#reading#literature#reading goals#lit#poll#al's poll#al's post#mine is pretty low bc i stopped reading for years so i need to ease up into it and be kind to myself (+ i have uni and im trying to do#another thing that takes a lot of time) based on that and a bunch of other stuff i initially aimed for 12 but now 13 also bc it's my lucky#number hehe#but ye lil me would read honestly like even 50 books in a year#and in their 3rd language - wtf happened😭
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#vita carnis#the mimic vita carnis#so so silly#transition goals#💗💗💗#this is the look I’m aiming for#hehe🤭#yeah#do y’all have any tips on how to get this body😊#I need to know#this is a joke just to be clear#lmao#literally trans#trans#Yas
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Idk if I'm just on the worst side of tiktok right now but am I the only person who thought it was pretty damn obvious that the news clippings about voldy on reg's wall were a hint towards him researching/piecing together the secret?
Like is that not what everyone else saw? Bc I'm seeing people use that to argue that he didn't change his mind at all
I think some people are just too set on him being completely evil
He's an inherently grey character yk?
He was a stupid teenage boy who had just started to grow and see the truth
and then promptly died before he managed to finish that journey (while doing something really fucking brave and risky). I thought that was the ENTIRE POINT
#literally listen to what hermione says#he knew he was wrong but wanted to protect his family#he didn't sacrifice himself for you guys to say he had no growth#taking a stand IS GROWTH#the reason he wasn't perfect is because he DIED before he got the chance to change fully#is the point not to show that growth and change is possible#I think he was really interested in who voldy was and how he got so much power#and he started researching and then signed up out of a mix of morbid curiosity and genuine interest in his supposed goals#and then started discovering more and obviously that's when everyone saw his true intentions#even Sirius says he wouldn't have knows voldy true aims at the beginning
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kailer yamamoto for the portrait reqs? :D
A few people asked for Yams! He was not around when I did the Kraken Orb so he's one of the few I have not drawn yet. Very fun!
#will the rest be this detailed??#i have no idea this took way longer than i am aiming for#but he is also the first of the day i am RUSTY#WARMING UP#the goal is stylization/recognizability/speed#seattle kraken#kailer yamamoto#my art#requests
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t4t lesbian steddie where they've been publicly out and together since the early 90s, and in modern days eddie's scrolling through twitter for the band and sees one of those transphobe 'if trans women are lesbians why don't they date each other?? checkmate, transbians' posts and is like. oh my god
so she posts a tiktok or something with the tweet in the corner like 'SHIT why didn't anyone TELL ME' and there's like a second of her running into the living room where stevies just sat chilling, reading a book or smth, and then eddie's like 'STEPH did you know TRANS WOMEN DONT DATE EACH OTHER??' and stevie doesn't even look up from her book she's just like 'oh damn, wish we knew that before the wedding. this is pretty embarrassing.'
#eddie shows her the video stevies like baby i think this might be cringe. eddie's like good. post.#steddie#steve harrington#eddie munson#transfem steve harrington#transfem eddie munson#t4t steddie#stranger things#fun little twist on the steddie tiktok au#steddie tiktok But What If They Were Lesbians#seriously tho eddie has no fucking patience for terf bullshit#especially bc 'passing' has never been one of her goals like she's just Herself so terfs aim a lot of their vitriol at her as a famous trans#it's funny tho bc stevie does pass pretty well and she's less famous and vocal about being trans so there's like#that weird contingent of terfs who are like we have to save this poor Biological Woman from that mean trans#and stevies like hm. no.#tw transphobia
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first day of nano i managed a little over 2k for blood choke aaand. 500 for tnp 💀
i worked yesterday and didn't get any writing done but i'm going to play catch up today. i have a lot of time off this week cus i finally have my first two dental procedures (cries) but i'm hoping to be productive 👍 remember if you're doing nano not to push yourself or be too hard on yourself if you miss wordcounts. 1k+ everyday is a lot of words and everyone writes at their own pace :-)
#every year ive done nano i have literally never hit the 50k words#its what i aim for but its not set in stone my Real goal is just to actually try to write every day at least a little#no i didnt write yesterday. blame capitalism#personal
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#wahoo!#just wanna get a feel for what I should aim for#I definitely want to get back to actively trying to improve this year#the past few years I havent really had any personal goals so
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heyyyyyyyy
so we've managed to fall behind on saving money due to a variety of reasons. so, unsurprisingly... we are once again asking for your financial assistance.
this never got us anywhere! however there are literally no other options, so :)
anyway, we'd like to try and get at least $300 over the next 2 months(as of posting this) or so. if that's possible or feasible. because not only would this make up for the money we lost, it would also put us a bit ahead of the curve, assuming nothing else happens. all our various links are in the pinned post, and our comm sheet is in the blog description. you can just donate to us or pay us money in exchange for art.
if you can't do any of those things, reblogs are appreciated *lays on the floor*
#Faye Rambles#we never know what to tag these as#either way. we need money and we're going to aim for short term goals this time rather than long time#it's late we know we'll reblog this in the morning we just badly needed to post this before we forget
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I don’t know why but I have an image of cross and baby aim playing in the ocean?
#zu art#comic#ask#post dark cream#cross!sans#dream!sans#aim!sans#undertale#undertale au#utmv#at first I wanted to remake a meme with two types of fathers but then this idea amused me xp#thank you for waiting!! <3#''He had a thousand excuses. I had one goal.'' (c) Cross (rest his soul)#perhaps this joke cost him a new world record for holding breath underwater xd#Aim wanted to be thrown in the water too then >:D#key moments of the past? <3#thank you guys a million for 9800+!! (*ﾟ∀ﾟ*)♡#it's so hot in the city now ;;; too lazy to clean the line xp
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Somewhere in me there is an essay about how anti-spoiler culture is a direct product of and feeds back into a decline in quality of storytelling. The short version is that foreshadowing is a critical skill for writing a good story and the hypervigilance against spoilers in fandom has caused many a writer to neglect it. Audience no longer want to engage deeply with their media, therefore/because writers provide nothing to engage with. It’s a vicious cycle.
#something something you’re so afraid of being predictable that you have forgotten how to write a cohesive narrative#the goal you should aim for is to make your audience go#‘is it??? am i right? am i RIGHT?! OMG I WAS RIGHT’
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Hi 5 tpn fans on tumblr erm!! Emmay swap AU!! Now I'll skedaddle and not post on tumblr for one hundred years
#the promised neverland#tpn#one-sided norray#one-sided norray is my fav little treat sorry Norman </3#I could say Norman's crush swapped since Ray and Emma swapped but that would be a lie#comphet gay Norman is canon in my heart except he's not comphet here anymore he's openly gay#emmay#emmay tpn#emmay is platonic/queer-platonic rayemma btw#they're my fav duo in the world <3#Ray always wanted to save everyone since the beginning in the canon manga he just grew colder over time and had to be realistic#since he swapped places with Emma he didn't grow colder and isn't alone so he aims for that ideal goal
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I hit my reading goal for the year! Probably the highest ratio of 5 star reads in a while. Already starting to curate my 2024 reading list!
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got a wee friends lunch date planned for sunday and i’m trying so hard to hype myself up and look cute for it but effort.
I wanna do my hair and wear make up for the first time in weeks but I gotta sit down in the shower to shave my legs and then I can’t get up and literally two things fit me and I feel like adam sandler’s sister help me—
#the goal is to look cute enough to wanna take a selfie#that’s the small achievement we’re aiming for here people#emmy rambles
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i realized i had very little pics of fornax with their big guns out, so i fixed that hehe [she/they]
#fornax#femroe#gpose#so i learned the 650 aiming tome pants/boots are Really sexy so... new hehe tome goal lol#fornax is just so ? Gender. i love my lesbian
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alright y'all.... the fate of the spommy 5+1 is in the hands of my beta readers. While you all wait... i'll give a little gift hehe
But instead of watching over Tommy’s shoulder like he normally does, maybe with an elbow braced on the back of Tommy’s chair, Spencer decides this is the perfect time to drape himself completely over Tommy’s chair and onto Tommy’s shoulders, chin resting on the juncture between Tommy’s shoulder and neck.
“Bub, I can’t work like this.” Tommy chuckles, trying to ignore how the laughter threatens to be choked off by the vines of affection trying to take root in his throat and use suffocation as a reminder for what Tommy tries desperately to avoid. Spencer, instead of answering, turns his head to bury his face against the column of Tommy’s throat, nose pressing right into Tommy’s pulse point. Tommy doesn’t mean to let the breath catch in his throat, but it lodges there and it takes everything for Tommy to breath out past it all. Spencer’s own breath is warm, eyelashes tickling Tommy’s skin and Tommy doesn’t resist the urge to reach a hand up to the back of Spencer’s neck.
#my gift to spommy nation? 16.7k words of whatever this is#i really was aiming for a solid 12k too so we exceeded that goal#spommy#smosh rpf#rpf#iwythm
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