Tag: "political philosophy"

Democracy Now

Paul Gregory on How to End Packages and Bundling.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004: Democracy]

Trust the People

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 46: May/June 2004: Editorial]

The Case Against the Democratic State by Gordon Graham & Democracy, Fascism and the New World Order by Ivo Mosley

What’s so hot about democracy? Edward Ingram considers two books which call it into question.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004: Books]

A Ridiculously Brief Overview of Political Philosophy

A five-minute tour of some political thinkers and ideas by Anja Steinbauer.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004: Democracy]

Welfare and Rational Care by Stephen Darwall

Jean Chambers explains how Stephen Darwall’s ideas about care connect to an ambitious theory of rationality and ethics.
[Issue 45: March/April 2004: Books]

Darwin Meets Socrates

Steve Stewart-Williams on the implications of evolutionary theory for ethics.
[Issue 45: March/April 2004: Articles]

Edward Said (1935-2003)

by Anat Biletzki
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Obituary]

Pax Americana

David Gamez thinks we need to revise the theory of Just Wars to say when it is and when it isn’t permissible to impose utopia by force.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: The Issues]

Affairs of Heart & Affairs of State

Philosophers have a problem with truth; but what about truth-telling? Peter Cave publishes some correspondence, recently re-discovered, concerning a long-forgotten political scandal. For the sake of brevity, incidental material in the letters has been excluded. Now, how do you tell people that you are telling them the truth?
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Short Story]

Dewey and the Democratic Way of Life

Kevin S. Decker on John Dewey’s unique political contribution.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

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