Political Philosophy and Ethics discussion
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I really hope you are all doing well in these (unpredictable) times. My name is Jonathan and I am a philosophy and political science dual major at Quinnipiac University. I am in my senior ..."
Welcome to the group, Jonathan.
Hello all,My name is Jason and I work in asset management. I have a B.S. and an MBA in Finance from Mercy College and am currently finishing a Master's in History at the University of Edinburgh. Dissertation is due Aug. 10!
I've always been interested in philosophy, political philosophy and ethics in particular. I joined this group in the hopes of learning more and engaging in some good discussion.
Jason
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My name is Jason and I work in asset management. I have a B.S. and an MBA in Finance from Mercy College and am currently finishing a Master's in History at the University of Edinburgh. ..."
Welcome, JP.
Hi Alan and All,I'm a designer with a BFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia. I've always been fascinated with philosophy starting in high school, running through university, and now as part of a philosophy group that meets physically in Hobart, Tasmania. I used to discuss political philosophy for twenty years with my mentor who passed away a couple of years ago. I'm looking to broaden my exposure to a philosophical community in the digital space.
Mark
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I'm a designer with a BFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia. I've always been fascinated with philosophy starting in high school, running through university, a..."
Welcome to this group, Mark.
Hello all. You may call me Ev. I am a college student looking to study psychology, medicine, and hospital management with the eventual aim of becoming a psychiatrist. Naturally, those subjects interplay greatly in philosophy and I consider the holistic interaction of body, mind, and spirit to be key to understanding the oddities of human existence. I am excited to engage in discussions here and hopefully find myself both challenged and respected.
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Welcome to this group, Ev, and best of luck with your academic and career objectives.
This group is about political philosophy and ethics, and we try to stay focused on those subjects, though in a broad sense. Please review the Rules and Housekeeping topic for relevant parameters. Thank you.
Alan E. Johnson
Founder and Moderator
Hello all. After over 30+ years of private research on what I saw as the collapse of communication in society, I pulled together my notes and started to publish a book series to record my discoveries. Both published volumes, I believe, will be interesting to this group. I hope comments from the group can pick up where I left off. I welcome them.The first is Collapse 2020 Vol. 1: Fall of the First Global Civilization. The key discoveries in the book relevant to philosophy and ethics are: 1. a new theory of human consciousness; 2 a new, fully secular description of the concept referred to as the “Seven Deadly Sins”; and 3 a new theory of how human’s learn language, which leads to an explanation for the breakdown of discussion in democratic groups: grid-lock and polarization, for example.
The second is Collapse 2020 Vol. 2: Birth of Personalized Democracy. This new form of “democracy” does not have an Athenian structure. It doesn’t have “voting”, and therefore does not lead to a “tyranny of the majority”. While I’ve spent years refining the current structure, I acknowledge up front, it is an “unbaked” loaf. I welcome support to bring it to life.
Contact me through this group or at A3Society.org/contact .
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Welcome to the group, Bruce.
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Bruce, I see volume 1 on Amazon, but I don't see volume 2 there or anyplace else. Is volume 2 available? If so, where?
I don't have time in the near future to read your books, but I might be interested in doing so at some point. I have put volume 1 on my "to read" list.
Hello all. My name is Lena Redman.
My mother tongue is Russian, so I make some silly mistakes (especially in the use of articles 'the' and 'a'). You're very welcome to laugh at my faults as long as you explain them to me so we can laugh together. Next time I won't do them but we can laugh at something else.
Anyway, I'm very excited to join the group. I've been living in the West, namely, in Australia for many years but never managed to lose that sense of being a pathetic foreigner. Every time I open my mouth or write a line, people immediately recognize my shortcomings.
One thing, however, made me feel more confident was my PhD study. Although it was in education, it somehow took a very political turn. I sort of began to understand that being born last century and coming from an alternative universe was not a complete loss of personal identity but rather had the potential of recovering something that I knew experientially that other people might not know.
For example, running away from socialism as far as it was only possible and now finding socialism flooding inside the free world, made me feel responsible to write a book, that I just have published 'I Really Do Care; Shouldn't We All? From Sputnik to Trump and Socialism.' I argue that by developing a post-Sputnik paranoia and declaring Soviet education as superior (which was nowhere near reality), the West began its rigorous educational reforms focusing on science and technology and undermining the humanities. This resulted in the production of IQ winners, on one hand, and people who cared much less about others, historical or scientific facts, in the other. In other words, I-Do-Not-Care-culture. IDC culture then became fertile soil for the growing neo-liberalism, Trumpism and reactionary socialism.
As much as I would like to participate in this group's discussions, I am, of course, very eager for people to read my book and say something about it on Amazon. If I have to provide its free copy here, I would be very happy to do this. Please, advise me on this.
Looking forward to new discussions.
Lena
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Although the present group permits reference to an author’s book in relevant topics, this is not the place for book sales or giveaways. This group’s policies regarding authors are set forth in post 7 of our Rules and Housekeeping topic. Please review all the rules in that topic, if you haven’t already done so.
It is always difficult to learn and use a language that is not one’s native language. But your post shows that you have done well in learning and using English.
I wish you the all the best in your present and future endeavors.
Alan E. Johnson
Founder and Moderator of the “Political Philosophy and Ethics” Goodreads group
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there is not much to say about me.
I´m from germany and 19 years old. I read philosophy an ethics in my freetime and join this group to lern new stuff about this topic.
Best regards
Dazen"
Welcome, Dazen. It's good to have some younger people in the group.
Alan wrote: "Welcome to this group, Lena, and thank you for your interesting post.You can become a member of the Goodreads Author Group by creating a Goodreads author page and, if you wish to do so, using Goo..."
Thank you very much, Alan, for your warm welcome and advice.
I really appreciate it and looking forward to becoming an active member of the group.
Regards,
Lena
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I am 19 and a second year undergraduate in Science. I have always been a lifelong lover of Philosophy. Glad to join the group :)
Regards,
Swapnil"
Welcome to the group, Swapnil.
Hi, I'm an old philosopher (Ph.D Brown, 1978) who has written a book on democracy that's coming out on Lexington Books this fall. I have a couple of prior self-published books, and a number of published papers in philosophy and public policy, but this is my first book to be picked up by an academic publisher. There's a bit more about me here, amazon.com/author/walter.horn11 The book is nastily expensive--but (ever the optimist) I'm hoping it will find at least a couple of reviewers here at goodreads anyhow. I mention a bunch of my favorite authors of writings on democracy in the profile at the blog linked at the amazon author page above. I'm looking forward to any advice on getting my book read in addition to discussing issues regarding political philosophy here. Thanks for setting up this group!
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Welcome, Walter, to this group. You and I are about the same age (I may be a bit older). Your background, interests, and publications indicate that you have several interests within the scope of this group. Please be sure to read the “Rules and Housekeeping” topic. I founded this group in 2014 and occasionally have to enforce the rules, especially when people get far into fields other than political philosophy and ethics. There are a couple of exceptions to the relevancy rules, which are explained in the above-linked topic.
I look forward to your contributions to the group!
Alan E. Johnson
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Independent Philosopher and Historian
Hi Alan. Thanks. Fwiw, your rules are one of the main reasons I joined! Excellent job.
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Hi All, My name is Kerry, and I am 26. I am slightly new to philosophy, but I aspire to work at the intersection of philosophy, politics, history, theology, and economics. I hold an A.B. in economics and international studies. Currently, I am reading the book "Think" by Simon Blackburn as an introduction to this field. I look forward to conversing with you all and learning from you all. I am grateful for the opportunity to join this group. Thank you, Alan, for creating and sustaining this group.
Regards,
Kerry
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My name is Kerry, and I am 26. I am slightly new to philosophy, but I aspire to work at the intersection of philosophy, politics, history, theology, and economics. I hold an A.B. in econo..."
Welcome to this group, Kerry. It's always good to see younger people who are real intellectuals. It gives me hope for the future. I wish you the best.
Alan
Kerry Johnson wrote: "Hi All, My name is Kerry, and I am 26. I am slightly new to philosophy, but I aspire to work at the intersection of philosophy, politics, history, theology, and economics. I hold an A.B. in econo..."
Hi, Kerry. I think you made a good choice with Blackburn. He's very solid.
Hey everyone! I'm Karin. I absolutely love reading and writing hence why I minored in philosophy in college. I always found this topic interesting. I won't go into too many details but basically, im into virtue ethics, or really all ethics in general, I'm very kantain and follow stoic philosphy! but i tend to make up my own philosophy of life with time, very similar to Buddhism. anywho, im very excited to join this group and get book recommendations, what a great community to be a part of!
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Welcome to this group, Karen.
Hi Everyone,My name is Rich. My education was in the sciences and have been working as a Chemist in various capacities and industries since the late 1980's. Reading has been a passion for me for most of my life and in particular history pretty much since I learned to read. Philosophy is a much more recent interest and political philosophy more recent than that. My present interest is to make sense of the confusion of the past four - five years. My personal objective is to understand the origins of how we got where we are at this moment in time.
I came upon this group when I read Eric's review of One Nation Under God, How Corporate America Invented Christian America and his invitation to one of the folks that commented on his review. Eric included a list of books that he recommended for further reading on the subject (which lead to more reading for me) I consider joining this group to be a source of learning. Much of the posts that I have reviewed are very articulate and communicate a command of this subject that is much more informed than mine so I know that I will have to pick up a lot of material and welcome this challenge.
I am presently slogging through Karl Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies. I have coming to me in the near future anthologies of Edmund Burke and J.S. Mill. I have read the Federalist Papers and the Debates of the Constitution before and would not be hurt by a reread in the near future. I would welcome any recommendations that anyone can give me to further my education.
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My name is Rich. My education was in the sciences and have been working as a Chemist in various capacities and industries since the late 1980's. Reading has been a passion for me for ..."
Welcome, Rich, to the group. There are so many good books (and many others that are not so good). I suggest you look at topics in this group that interest you, and then see what group members have said about various books discussed in those topics.
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Welcome to this group, Carman. Please review the rules linked near the top of the home page. The scope of this group is limited to political philosophy and ethics, with some exceptions stated in the rules.
Thank you. We welcome your contributions.
Hi, my name is Marianna. I am a PhD student in economics. I am interested in public policy and political economy. I am always looking for new interesting topics and I hope this group will help me to get new ideas/perspectives.
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Welcome, Marianna, to this group.
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My name is Cheyanne, and as of this post, I am currently a sophomore majoring in political science. I joined this group because I’d love to read discussions on what you all think ab..."
Welcome, Cheyanne, to this group! Yes, The Republic is a great work on many levels. I've read and reread it, in whole and in part, for several decades, and I always learn something new when reading it. Here's a clue to understanding the dialogue: Plato probably intended it not as a utopian scheme to be but into practice but rather as a delineation of the nature and limits of political life. For further assistance in understanding this and other of Plato’s dialogues, see the topics Plato and Leo Strauss (1899-1973) and the “Straussians” in this group. See also my 1971 Master’s essay, “The Teaching of Plato’s Seventh Letter”.
Hi everybody, glad to be here, I edited a new edition of the 1602 Anti-Machiavel, the most comprehensive rebuttal to Machiavelli's political philosophy, published by Wipf & Stock in 2019. I found over fifty parallels in the work of Francis Bacon.
https://wipfandstock.com/978153265972...
And there's a free PDF here:
https://www.lesser-reset.com/politics...
I welcome feedback and suggestions.
-Ryan
https://wipfandstock.com/978153265972...
And there's a free PDF here:
https://www.lesser-reset.com/politics...
I welcome feedback and suggestions.
-Ryan
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Welcome to this group, Ryan, and congratulations on your publication. I've downloaded it and will read it as soon as I have time (not, unfortunately, in the near future, as I am currently preoccupied with my own book project).
Ryan wrote: "Hi everybody, glad to be here, I edited a new edition of the 1602 Anti-Machiavel, the most comprehensive rebuttal to Machiavelli's political philosophy, published by Wipf & Stock in 2019. I found o..."Hi, Ryan! Could you private message me about your experience with Wipf & Stock? I have been thinking about publishing through them. What was your experience like?
Hi Christian, I'm happy to say that I was very grateful they gave me a chance, they were patient with my revisions going past deadline, they did a good job with the cover, the books are of good quality, and I hope they accept the one I'm finishing now. As to the financial side, I don't sell enough books yet to advise, but my experience has been very positive.
Excellent! Good to hear! Yes, I think the quality of their works looks really good. Thanks for replying.
Hi everyone,I am happy to have found this group. I am trying to read or reread the major works in political philosophy and hope to dive into the discussions here along the way.
Best,
Aaron
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Greetings. My name is Olexander. I want to find book about modern introduction to political philosophy which can be fundament for further exploration of this theme. Can you recommend a few books?With time I want to read classical books ( Leviathan , for example) and modern works.
Currently I am reading “ The Passage to Europe: How a Continent Became a Union” and “Weapon of mass migration “
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See Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., History of Political Philosophy, 3rd ed. .
Welcome to this group!
Alan
Founder and Moderator
Hi everyone!Nice to virtually meet you all. My name is Amanda. My degree is in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, but I have always enjoyed reading, especially about philosophy and rhetoric. My minor in college was in science philosophy/policy which allowed me to dip my toes in a little deeper, but now that I’m working in the sciences I’ve been missing reading and discussing philosophical texts. Makes me very glad to have found this group :)
I am currently reading Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt and would love to discuss it with someone! If there are any open threads relating to it and someone could kindly point me in the right direction, I’d really appreciate it.
Looking forward to learning from you all!
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Nice to virtually meet you all. My name is Amanda. My degree is in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, but I have always enjoyed reading, especially about philosophy and rhetoric. My ..."
Welcome to this group, Amanda. My apologies for not responding earlier; I've been tied up the last 24 hours.
We do have a topic (thread) on Hanna Arendt: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... You are welcome to contribute to it. I myself read some of Arendt's work decades ago, but I no longer recall much of what I read, and I am focused on other writings right now. We currently have more than 3,700 people in this Goodreads group. It is probable that others might be interested in interacting with you in the Hannah Arendt topic, so perhaps you could get the ball rolling with a post or two at that location.
(Note: Randal Samstag, an earlier contributor in the Hannah Arendt topic, decided to withdraw from this Goodreads group some years ago, so he will not be responding to further posts in it.)
Alan
Alan E. Johnson
Founder and moderator of the “Political Philosophy and Ethics” Goodreads group
Hi Everyone,My name is Rupesh.
I am a Mechanical Engineering graduate and currently I am pursuing my Masters in Philosophy from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
I am still figuring out what elements of philosophy I enjoy more than other, but I certainly know that I enjoy understanding ethics and in some sense creating new ethical principles(for myself).
Firstly I would like to understand the discussions that are held here and after some time, I would like to participate in them.
Currently I am reading, 'The problems of philosophy' by Bertrand Russell
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In our topic list we have a folder named Ethics and Free Will. The topic Human Ethics: Basis, Principles, Applications in that folder may of interest to you. Many comments have recently been posted in that topic.
Alan E. Johnson
Moderator and Founder of the “Political Philosophy and Ethics” Goodreads group.
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Welcome to this group, Bryan. The field of medieval Icelandic studies sounds very interesting. My wife (Mimi, in this group) and I have watched two or three Netflix or Amazon Prime series on the medieval Vikings and the world they encountered. Their settlement of Iceland was part of this story. Although much of these series was based on Viking legends, some of it appears to have been based on historical records. Indeed, the legends themselves may have some factual basis, even if exaggerated. And, of course, the details of the series were fictional.
Welcome Bryan. Hallo. I also studied a little of that region myself getting my undergrad minor in Archaeology. Particularly the peatland peoples. Had fun with thatp.s. It was also very, 'Edda'fying
Hello everyone, I am Siddhant; I am a research scholar pursuing research in the field of Application of deep learning in Astrophysics. Philosophy, psychology & consciousness are some topics that keep me awake at night thinking. I am here to learn more from fellow mates & make some friends.
A man had to invent some purpose to go through this absurd dance of life, and what purpose is better than love.
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Philosophy, psychology & consciousness are some topics that ..."
Welcome, Siddhant, to this group.
Hello everyone, I'm excited to join a group that is comprised of so many intelligent and accomplished people. I am 34 years old, I have some associate degrees not related to any philosophy and as for my background, I was in the Infantry. I very much look forward to everything this group has to offer.
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Welcome to the group, Kasey.
Hello, Christopher here. 37 years old. Studied Political Science, Religion, Philosophy and Anthropology before, during and after college, but ended up with a BS in Geography. I'm a chronic learner interested in pretty much everything and serial social entrepreneur having been involved in the cooperative movement in previous decades up to the present. Lately my focus has been on raising my 6 and 4 year old with my lovely wife and spending days philosophizing about family life, religion, psychotherapeutics and Epicureanism, as well as re-skilling into what's next.
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I really hope you are all doing well in these (unpredictable) times. My name is Jonathan and I am a philosophy and political science dual major at Quinnipiac University. I am in my senior year and unfortunately we were all sent home due to COVID-19.
So, alas, here I end up! This upcoming fall, I will be joining the University of Faculty as a Graduate Assistant (and graduate student) in the Department of Public Policy.