Engineered Society
I just finished Jo Walton's "The Just City". For those of you versed in classical philosophy, I would love to hear your reactions to it.
I think Ms. Walton does a heroic job of making the issues involved in trying to "engineer" a society quite accessible to the average reader (that being myself).
My own particular bias is that such efforts always end in tyranny (e.g. The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, North Korea, Cuba and present day Venezuela, et. al.).
The author has inspired me to become more conversant with the subject (I've tried reading Aristotle (Nicomachaean Ethics) and Plato). Perhaps I will go back and give it some more effort. Thanks, Ms. Walton!
I think Ms. Walton does a heroic job of making the issues involved in trying to "engineer" a society quite accessible to the average reader (that being myself).
My own particular bias is that such efforts always end in tyranny (e.g. The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, North Korea, Cuba and present day Venezuela, et. al.).
The author has inspired me to become more conversant with the subject (I've tried reading Aristotle (Nicomachaean Ethics) and Plato). Perhaps I will go back and give it some more effort. Thanks, Ms. Walton!
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