ABSTRACT
In any discussion about politics or the organization of society, rather than launching into preferred styles and methods, or policies and ideologies, it is perhaps more useful to first ask what is the desired outcome of these criteria. That is, what type of social organization is regarded as normatively preferable and how does that imply a particular orientation towards political progress? This then raises two further questions, these being what constitutes the “good” and, assuming that ends should not predominate to the exclusion of “means,” the processes and systems in which such “good” is manifested.
