Until we have the will to “control” the naturally occurring psychopaths amongst us, I’m not sure how any society such as described has a chance of existing.
The wider idea is that a people who share the same commitments (found in the covenant) would come together to sign an actual social contract. I am okay with any motivating connotations of a people's covenant with a Supreme Being, a la Moshe, so long as that is manifested also as a covenant with one another.
Thank you for clarifying. However, not all covenants have a reciprocal structure. When we define covenants only in those terms, it can unintentionally suggests to the reader that all covenant forms operate that way, which isn’t accurate.
Until we have the will to “control” the naturally occurring psychopaths amongst us, I’m not sure how any society such as described has a chance of existing.
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What type of covenant structure are you writing about?
The wider idea is that a people who share the same commitments (found in the covenant) would come together to sign an actual social contract. I am okay with any motivating connotations of a people's covenant with a Supreme Being, a la Moshe, so long as that is manifested also as a covenant with one another.
Thank you for clarifying. However, not all covenants have a reciprocal structure. When we define covenants only in those terms, it can unintentionally suggests to the reader that all covenant forms operate that way, which isn’t accurate.
Accurate by whose lights? I'm using the term by that definition and explicitly saying so. If my use is stipulative, then it is accurate.