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The classic difficulty felt with democracy arises from the fact that democracy can never express the will of the whole people be
The classic difficulty felt with democracy arises from the fact that democracy can never express the will of the whole people be
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2014-02-27
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The classic difficulty felt with democracy arises from the fact that democracy can never express the will of the whole people because there never exists any such unchanging will(at least in any society that call itself democratic). The concept of government of the whole people by the whole people must be looked on as being in the poetry rather than in the prose of democracy; the fact of prose is that real democracy means government by some kind of dominant majority.
And the ever-present danger, repeatedly realized in fact, is that this dominant majority may behave toward those who are not of the majority in such a manner as to undermine the moral basis of the right of people, because they are people, to have some important say in the setting of their own course and in the use of their own faculties.
Other forms of government may similarly fail to respect human independence. But there is at least no contradiction in that; the underlying assumption of every kind of government by wisers and betters is that people on the whole are not fit to manage their own affairs, but must have someone else do it for them, and there is no paradox when such a government treats its subjects without respect, or deals with them on the basis of their having no rights that the government must take into account.
But democracy affirms that people are fit to control themselves, and it cannot live in the same air with the theory that there is no limit to the extent to which public power — even the power of a majority — can interfere with the lives of people.
Rational limitation on power is therefore not a contradiction to democracy, but is of the very essence of democracy as such. Other sorts of government may impose such limitations on themselves as an act of grace. Democracy is under the moral duty of limiting itself because such limitation is essential to the survival of that respect for humankind which is in the foundations of democracy. Respect for the freedom of all people cannot, of course, be the only guide, for there would then be no government. Delicate ongoing compromise is what must be looked for. But democracy, unless it is to deny its own moral basis, must accept the necessity for making this compromise and for giving real weight to the claims of those without the presently effective political power to make their claims prevail in elections.
Which of the following is essential for the preservation of the moral basis of democracy?
选项
A、Actual development of self-governments of the minority.
B、Real expression of the whole people’s will.
C、Necessary limitation on the power of the government.
D、Full respect for the freedom of all individuals.
答案
C
解析
这是一道细节题。文章第三段指出:但民主强调,人们适合管理自己的事务:第四段指出:对权力进行合理的限制与民主并不矛盾,这正是民主的精髓。这说明,C“对政府权力的必要限制”是至关重要的。文中没有提到少数人自己的政府,所以A不对;B和D是作者认为做不到的,所以不对。
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考研英语一
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