Category: Neoteric Papers
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Neoteric Papers No. 7 — Learning Without a License to Rule
Shemsizedek examines public learning, civic competence, educational authority, and safeguards against turning expertise into permanent command.
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Neoteric Papers No. 6 — Equal Standing in Unequal Circumstances
Shemsizedek examines equality, relevant qualifications, dependency, practical access, and the duty to justify institutional distinctions.
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Neoteric Papers No. 5 — The Common Good Must Give Its Reasons
Shemsizedek examines public purpose, competing goods, minority standing, urgent needs, and the duty to account for common power.
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Neoteric Papers No. 4 — Cooperation Without Surrender
Shemsizedek examines legitimate cooperation: effective common action, fair burdens, protected dissent, and the continuing accountability of public undertakings.
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Neoteric Papers No. 3 — Constituent Authority and the Limits of Delegation
Shemsizedek examines constituent authority, constitutional restraint, and the distinction between administering, interpreting, and altering a public mandate.
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Neoteric Papers No. 2 — Consent, Silence, and Public Obligation
Shemsizedek examines consent and public obligation through Locke, Hume, practical objections, and proposed safeguards for meaningful participation and dissent.
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Neoteric Papers No. 1 — The People Before the Powers
Shemsizedek opens the Neoteric Papers with the source of public authority, the dangers of distant power, and practical safeguards for accountable self-government.