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Woozle: rethinking

2014-04-18T02:02:16Z

rethinking

Woozle: a principle

2013-07-28T22:46:36Z

a principle

Woozle: scapegoating is one type; natural responsibility

2013-04-14T02:41:54Z

scapegoating is one type; natural responsibility

Woozle: we need a plot

2013-04-13T01:15:21Z

we need a plot

Woozle: saving work so far

2013-04-12T21:50:51Z

saving work so far

New page

This page may just represent [[wikipedia:physics envy|physics envy]], but I don't really care; when ideas seem expressible in some rigorous fashion, it seems worth making a note of this.

For now, the only ideas I've had are:
* '''power = responsibility + authority'''
** ...that is, all (social/political) power is made up of some mixture of (rational) justification and (received) authority.
** ...where "responsibility" is somewhat synonymous with "justification" and "accountability"

* Ideally, there would be equal portions of each: there should be [[no authority without responsibility]] and [[no responsibility without authority]]
** '''authority - responsibility = despotism''' (someone has freedom to act without regard to consequence)
** '''responsibility - authority = scapegoatism''' (someone takes the blame or pays the price, but was/is powerless to solve the problem for which they are being penalized)

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 This page may just represent [[wikipedia:physics envy|physics envy]], but I don't really care; when ideas seem expressible in some rigorous fashion, it seems worth making a note of this.
-For now, the only ideas I've had are:
+I had originally written this as:
-* '''power = responsibility + authority'''
 ** ...that is, all (social/political) power is made up of some mixture of (rational) justification and (received) authority.
-** ...where "responsibility" is somewhat synonymous with "justification" and "accountability"
+** ...where "authority" is somewhat synonymous with "justification" and "accountability"
 * Ideally, there would be equal portions of each: there should be [[no authority without responsibility]] and [[no responsibility without authority]]
 ** '''authority - responsibility = despotism''' (someone has freedom to act without regard to consequence)
 ** '''responsibility - authority = unfair burden''' (someone takes the blame or pays the price, but was/is powerless to solve the problem for which they are being penalized; e.g. scapegoating)
-This suggests that one could plot any individual's place in society on a two-dimensional axis, with one dimension being responsibility and the other being authority (if you can figure out how to quantify them). Plotting a large random sample of individuals on the same graph might display distinctive patterns for any given society.
+<p>This suggests that one could plot any individual's place in society on a two-dimensional axis, with one dimension being responsibility and the other being authority (if you can figure out how to quantify them). Plotting a large random sample of individuals on the same graph might display distinctive patterns for any given society.</p>
 ==Principles==
 * Power and privacy should be inversely related.

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	Note that responsibility can be enforced by nature as well as artificially. For example, a pregnant woman has natural responsibility for her fetus, because she will personally deal with the consequences of action or inaction regarding said fetus; a driver has natural responsibility for driving, because s/he may be injured or killed if s/he does not drive safely.		Note that responsibility can be enforced by nature as well as artificially. For example, a pregnant woman has natural responsibility for her fetus, because she will personally deal with the consequences of action or inaction regarding said fetus; a driver has natural responsibility for driving, because s/he may be injured or killed if s/he does not drive safely.
		+	==Principles==
		+	* Power and privacy should be inversely related.

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	** '''authority - responsibility = despotism''' (someone has freedom to act without regard to consequence)		** '''authority - responsibility = despotism''' (someone has freedom to act without regard to consequence)
	** '''responsibility - authority = scapegoatism''' (someone takes the blame or pays the price, but was/is powerless to solve the problem for which they are being penalized)		** '''responsibility - authority = scapegoatism''' (someone takes the blame or pays the price, but was/is powerless to solve the problem for which they are being penalized)
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		+	This suggests that one could plot any individual's place in society on a two-dimensional axis, with one dimension being responsibility and the other being authority (if you can figure out how to quantify them). Plotting a large random sample of individuals on the same graph might display distinctive patterns for any given society.