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What will reform political philosophy?
May 12, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Political philosophy has essentially been static for decades. It's most basic questions have been also static. Take rights. It's essentially a given by default that all hold the same basic legal rights. If rights are denied on racial or gender-based terms, then why not on more frivolous means such as the colour of one's house or the type of steak one likes? There is no basis for denying or supporting some holding more rights than others.
Will it take literally another Enlightenment to advance political philosophy?
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 12, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(May 12, 2013 at 5:05 pm)dazzn Wrote: Political philosophy has essentially been static for decades. It's most basic questions have been also static. Take rights. It's essentially a given by default that all hold the same basic legal rights. If rights are denied on racial or gender-based terms, then why not on more frivolous means such as the colour of one's house or the type of steak one likes? There is no basis for denying or supporting some holding more rights than others.
Will it take literally another Enlightenment to advance political philosophy?
It requires common agreement as to which direction is an advance. Like most people you assume your direction is an advance.
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 1:14 pm
An advance as in new knowledge, discussions or evidence. What new discussions are there in political philosophy that did not exist 50 years ago?
Moral philosophy has moved on in such over the past 50 years, and probably always will be dynamic. Political philosophy however has a set of unanswerable and thought-terminating questions that have no obvious response.
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 1:15 pm
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Bombs... a shit load of bombs.
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm
We are already seeing it in the US as the demographics change. Marijuana, gay rights, and immigration reform are all embraced by the younger generation.
We have to simply wait for the seoti-octogenarians to die off and take their 1950's outlook with them. This is what the republicunts do not understand. They don't need a better "messenger." They need a better "message."
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 10:54 pm
The five acceptable forms of political philosophy are communism, socialism, anarchism, nationalism, and fascism......... many have been determined as "out-dated" such as monarchism......... considering how old monarchism is........ I think these 5 are atleast worthwile of a debate for ...................................well .................................. the next few millenia
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 11:31 pm
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What, no Technocracy? Everything just mentioned is outdated comparatively. Where's my gun?
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 11:36 pm
(May 13, 2013 at 11:31 pm)Rhythm Wrote: What, no Technocracy? Everything just mentioned is outdated comparatively. Where's my gun?
what the flying fuck is technocracy?????????????? is that some kind of government where everyone gets free ipods????
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 11:38 pm
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LOL, no, it's a government where businessmen and politicians are replaced with scientists and engineers - you know, the kind of folks that can actually pull off a complicated technical project the likes of which our government is always looking at floating. The sorts of things we're going to have to rely on more and more as there are more and more of us and fewer resources.
(I do presume that ipods would be free, though, yes, as it incorporates elements of socialism itself-and is touted as an updated and practical direction for socialism to take by it's proponents, lol)
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RE: What will reform political philosophy?
May 13, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Quote:LOL, no, it's a government where businessmen and politicians are replaced with scientists and engineers
And in the more likely scenario where scientists and engineers are owned by business criminal assholes and the politicians they have bought we can call it Libertarianism!
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