Round 2: Tossup 18

This essay uses the example of a pillaging warlord to contrast “living for” and “living off.” This essay cites Hindu texts to refute F. W. Foerster’s view that “from good comes only good, but from evil only evil follows.” Matthew Yglesias’s Substack takes its name from this essay’s account of its subject as a “strong and slow boring of hard boards.” This essay lists the “eternal yesterday” and “gift of grace” as “inner justifications” and contrasts (15[1])an (*) “ethic of responsibility” with an “ethic of conviction.” This essay’s author paired it with a similarly titled one about “Science” in a 1919 lecture. Charisma is one of three forms of authority outlined in this essay, which defines the state as having a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. For 10 points, name this Max Weber essay on the career of governance. ■END■

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