Principle politics rather than interest politics

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Features: This book is a specialized work on constitutional debates, a normative treatise that runs through the entire book with a single principle of generality. There is no need to strive for precise guidelines for politics, indicating what should and should not be done. The key distinction is procedural, not substantive. Principle-based politics imposes constraints on the representatives and institutions of the state, ensuring that their actions are non-discriminatory, treat all individuals and groups equally, and prevent actions that are inherently selective in nature. Under such limitations, politics may play a significant role or a minimal role, and exert its influence in different ways. This book is a specialized work that combines political philosophy and economic philosophy, with its fundamental proposition being, "Modern politics is not principle-based politics but interest-based politics." The standard for judging this proposition is whether it provides universal treatment to all citizens. In Buchanan's words, "As long as a specific group of citizens is subjected to discriminatory treatment (whether in rewards or punishments), or citizens are divided into those who deserve rewards and those who do not based on the assumption that certain individuals possess superior wisdom in matters of concern to all members of society," then such a society is practicing "interest-based politics," because these practices violate the principle of generality. Target Audience: Researchers and educators in political philosophy and economic philosophy, as well as medium and large-sized libraries for collection.