To take a subset of the topic at hand, I think Mencius nailed it when he defined corruption. To very roughly paraphrase, corruption is a mismatch between formal and informal power.
Acton's famous aphorism can be rewritten in the following form: 'Those with formal power tend to use it to increase their informal power'.
Haig:
"Without ego corruption does not exist"
Not true at all. This simply rules out corruption due to greed. There are tons of people who do corrupt things for 'noble causes'. Just as a quick example, regardless of the truth of th... (read more)
To take a subset of the topic at hand, I think Mencius nailed it when he defined corruption. To very roughly paraphrase, corruption is a mismatch between formal and informal power.
Acton's famous aphorism can be rewritten in the following form: 'Those with formal power tend to use it to increase their informal power'.
Haig: "Without ego corruption does not exist"
Not true at all. This simply rules out corruption due to greed. There are tons of people who do corrupt things for 'noble causes'. Just as a quick example, regardless of the truth of th... (read more)