Political Thought in Ireland
Abstract
People, under normal conditions, living together within a common territory, share in mutual interests and in common aspirations. They find it necessary for their mutual welfare to agree on certain codes and modes of behavior. Man, by the very fact that he is at all human, possesses a will and an intellect, and this requires of him, by his very nature, a co- operation with his fellow man; thus he finds it necessary to do things one way rather than another, which necessitates certain rules or dictates of reason, i.e. laws of conduct. Laws are essential to compensate for the in- completeness of individual knowledge, for while man's knowledge is not complete it is adequate, and as he advances to better ways of living he requires more and more the direction of the law. He is political by nature and each group develops its form of government to meet, as best they know how, their own particular needs.
Subject Area
Political science|European Studies
Recommended Citation
Fitzgerald, Edward, "Political Thought in Ireland" (1938). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28960373.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28960373
