Author : George Cornewall Lewis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781330411797
Book Description
Excerpt from A Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics, Vol. 2 of 2 After the examination in the preceding chapter, it remains for us to inquire into the method of determining the hypothetical effects of a given political cause, either generally, or in some supposed special case. The previous inquiry concerns effects as they have actually occurred; that on which we are about to enter concerns only supposed or calculated effects. The general case of this problem is similar to the corresponding case in the determination of causes from effects, already adverted to. (') It requires, for example, that an answer be given to such questions as the following: 'What effects does a monarchical, an aristocratic, or a democratic government produce? What are the consequences of capital punishment, of transportation, of imprisonment? What are the effects of direct, and what of indirect taxation? What are the effects of universal suffrage, of a censorship of the press, of liberty of the press, of a military conscription?' If an answer can be given to each of these questions, it must be general in its terms - it must be devoid of any limitation as to time, but must apply equally to the past and the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.