We’ve all observed how our political philosophies evolve as we age. There are people, even the brightest amongst us, who try to oversimplify this concept, e.g., Winston Churchill’s “If you’re not a liberal when you’re young, you have no heart. …
We’ve all observed how our political philosophies evolve as we age. There are people, even the brightest amongst us, who try to oversimplify this concept, e.g., Winston Churchill’s “If you’re not a liberal when you’re young, you have no heart. …
Here’s a message the likes of which I’m sure many of you have received recently:
It’s the 527th birthday of Thomas Hobbes, an Englishman widely considered the father of modern political philosophy. Hobbes certainly was no idealist; in fact, he’s best known for his belief that the core of human life is so centered around …
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In response to my piece on Sustainability and Political Philosophy, a reader asked me if I’d comment on greed and where it comes from. I would say that our society over the last 75 years or so has become increasingly tuned …