Tag: "political philosophy"

Freedom & State Intervention

Audren Layeux follows the doomed quest for state emancipation of the self.
[Issue 163: August/September 2024: The Politics of Freedom]

The Unfreedom of Liberty

Arianna Marchetti reflects on the limits of political freedom.
[Issue 163: August/September 2024: The Politics of Freedom]

Doughnut Economics

David Howard on restoring balance to an unstable world.
[Issue 163: August/September 2024: Articles]

Edmund Burke & the Politics of Reform

Jon Langford outlines conservative insights gained from revolutionary failures.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Irish Philosophy]

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Hilarius Bogbinder looks at a man who wanted to make Peace from Warre.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Brief Lives]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Shashwat Mishra introduces Ayn Rand’s massive novel promoting self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Classics]

Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821)

by Terence Green
[Issue 154: February/March 2023: Philosophical Haiku]

Ethics in Politics

Massimo Pigliucci trawls the history of politics to see how closely ethics fits it.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Articles]

Cicero (106-43 BC)

Hilarius Bogbinder considers the inconstant career of the most famous politician-philosopher named after a legume.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Brief Lives]

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)

by Terence Green
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Philosophical Haiku]

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