(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.
