The Trust Model And Moral Obligation

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The trust model, which means that the general citizen takes charge of all matters about the political issue to the representative, has lost much meaning today. Burke thought that serving with mature judgment and enlightenment was the moral obligation of the delegate. On the one hand, people with enough property to possess education and interests had a basis for serving the interests of the poor. So, I think that this trust model implies elitism. Because the public is ignorant, uneducated, and easy to deceive, the representative elitist aspect is revealed to the representative regardless of the will of the public. It is out of the democratic system orbit of modern society. The delegate should not think that many people prefer it because some

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