Since Michael Sandel raised the issue in “The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self,” the need for a communitarian ethic, especially in contemporary American society,...
An examination and commentary on Hans Bertens’ explanation of postmoderism in The Idea of the Postmodern The postmodern movement, like existentialism, has been difficult to...
A common ingredient in murder mysteries is the search for a motive. Sometimes, where a motive appears strong enough, assumptions are made as to the...
The following is a series of reflections on Stephen F. Cohen’s book, “Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution,” pages 3-12. The topic of social or political...
Despite the appeal of the power of collective action, individuals should sacrifice their happiness and their lives for the good of the state in exceptional cases, not as a way of life. The good of “the state” should become the foremost consideration in times when collective action is needed, but otherwise, individual liberty, for better of worse, ought to be our guiding light in the interest of the development of human potential and its fulfillment.
Migrated from my prior site “Philosophia” with some editing and additions The City of Pigs Plato’s “City of Pigs,” which appears in Republic II (369a et...
The terms “physis” and “nomos” or “nature” and “law” or “custom” respectively, have had a very significant history when applied to ways of thinking about...