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Your Brain on Ideology

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Published: April 26, 2025 16:39

When the Guardian, the Telegraph, and Jennifer Mercieca recommended The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor Zmigrod, I figured I should get a copy and read it. So I did. Leor Zmigrod is a political neuroscientist with an…

Wicked, Democracy, and Fascism

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Published: April 6, 2025 21:22

Wicked is so woke. It is also about democracy and fascism. The post Wicked, Democracy, and Fascism appeared first on Teri Kanefield.

Part 5: Do the People Want a King?

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Published: March 15, 2025 21:19

To gain perspective on today’s politics, I have set out on a journey. I haven’t settled on a title yet, but I’m thinking something like “Make Political Philosophy Cool Again.” Here’s where we’ve been so far: Introduction. (Given the nature of our current…

Socrates and the Subversive Element

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Published: February 15, 2025 14:10

I started out writing about the trial and execution of Socrates. This brought me to the nature of subversiveness and the role of subversive elements in a democracy.  *  *  * To gain perspective on today’s politics, I have set out on a journey. Here’s where…

Part 3: Democracy, Oligarchy, and Tyranny

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Published: January 19, 2025 16:28

As coincidence would have it, as I was reading Book VIII of The Republic and considering a blog post about the interplay of democracy and oligarchy when Biden gave a speech warning Americans of a rising oligarchy. I did not intend my blog post about The…

Making Philosophy Cool Again, Part 1: Euthyphro, The Spirit of Liberty, TV Lawyers (and more)

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Published: November 30, 2024 22:23

Last month, I talked about a philosophical journey for perspective on today’s politics. Plato is always a good place to start. If you’ve never delved into Plato, you’re in for a treat. I’ll try to be a helpful tour guide. I’ll also talk about TV lawyers…

Destination #2. Antigone: The law or my conscience

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Published: November 13, 2024 23:12

Alternate title: The law of the nation or the higher law of morality? Welcome back to a journey through Western political philosophy as a way to gain perspective on the state of democracy in America and perhaps some wisdom as well. You can read Antigone…

The Journey, Destination 1: Eurythphro, the Sprit of Liberty, and TV Lawyers

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Published: November 11, 2024 18:19

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin Welcome to the start of the journey I announced in last month’s blog post. On the theory that a little wisdom and perspective can’t hurt, let’s do some political philosophy. Eurythphro (which you can read here) is a good place…

Why I am Setting out on a Journey and Inviting You Along

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Published: November 2, 2024 21:51

I’m back from my 4-month blogging sabbatical. Today I plan to talk about what’s wrong with our politics and why so many people are tuning it out. Also a new piece by political psychologist Karen Stenner, some lessons from the past five years, and an…

Some sad news (and a bit about the Supreme Court)

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Published: June 22, 2024 23:33

This week, JJ died suddenly of a pulmonary blood clot. You wouldn’t have known from his puppy looks and constant puppy energy, but he was a senior dog diagnosed with bronchitis and a heart murmur that was getting worse. Given how suddenly and peacefully JJ…