Political Science · Political Theory
Who said, 'Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary'?
AJohn Rawls
BReinhold Niebuhr ✓ Correct
CFriedrich Nietzsche
DIsaiah Berlin
Correct answer: (B) Reinhold Niebuhr — The statement is by Reinhold Niebuhr, so the answer is Niebuhr.
Explanation
★The statement is by Reinhold Niebuhr, so the answer is Niebuhr.
★Niebuhr was an American theologian and political thinker.
★He gave this line in The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness.
★Human capacity for justice shows that self government is possible.
★Human tendency to injustice shows that checks on power are necessary.
★Democracy thus rests on a realistic, balanced view of human nature.
★Niebuhr's Christian realism shaped twentieth century political thought.
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