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What advantages and disadvantages soldiers of anarchist areas might have against invading state-sponsored standing armies?
What advantages and disadvantages soldiers of anarchist areas might have against invading state-sponsored standing armies?
In what way anarchist armed forces might differ from state-sponsored standing ...
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What role does political science play in philosophical understanding? [closed]
If Hegel's Absolute Spirit drives the history of humanity to a certain ends, the historical political circumstances and decisions would be the most vivid representation of the Absolute Idea in action?
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What uses can and should philosophy be put to? [closed]
Philosophy seems to underpin many of our activities, such as politics. So is philosophy active or reactive? Is philosophy a force for good?
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To what extent can the ability to commit crime in society be taken as an indicator of freedom?
Suppose we lived in a totalitarian regime with very little control of what we could own, what we could do and when we could do what we want. In such a case, it'd be that the crime rate would become ...
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Is there a moral dilemma in democide studies?
Accusing a regime or other political organization of mass killing can be a fairly effective way of riling people up. But a lot of the relevant statistics seem lacking in direct support; we don't often ...
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Sociological-philosophical theories of society’s tendencies to react against itself, inescapably biased in some way
Basically, in case it comes up, I mean something more than Hegelian (?) “dialectic”, an idea of society or knowledge moving forward through refutation, synthesis, progress.
I am thinking about how ...
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Philosophy of the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine
I'm looking for reference works in the fields of the Philosophy of Law and Political Science on the subject of the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine: the view that certain products of a legal/...
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Was H.G. Wells unduly optimistic?
I am reading "The Outline of History" by H.G. Wells.
The Outline of History by H.G. Wells, originally published in 1920, Revised by R. Postgate, republished in 1961 by Garden City Books.
I ...
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Why the sudden change of Nicolas of Cusa's political thought?
Nicolas of Cusa wrote De Concordantia Catholica in 1433/34, and it contained pretty revolutionary political ideas:
Going beyond tradition and canon law, he argues on the basis of people’s natural ...
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In political philosophy, what is the label for those who work to preserve a negative peace been called? [closed]
According to peace studies which examines violence through a multi-disciplinary lens and relies heavily on political philosophy, there is a recognition of the status quo. The condition absent of ...
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What Does Zizek Mean by Post-Oedipal capitalism?
Zizek says Post-Oedipal capitalism is the dominant system today, and this is in reference to Deleuze and Guattari's work and issue against Freud. From WP:
Deleuze and Guattari analyze desire and ...
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Is there any meaning to political criticism by people who are not in the government? [closed]
There are all sorts of people who criticize the government for various good or bad decisions.
It could be meaningful if they have studied it to great depth and give constructive criticism, but, that's ...
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Do social media such as Facebook enhance democratic values? [closed]
It might seem impossible to imagine the public sphere without digital platforms as today's social media. The number of Facebook's users is about third of the world's population - that points to an ...
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What's the use of extreme examples? [closed]
Let me make the question more specific. In the open course <Justice: what's the right thing to do?> a lot of extreme examples have been discussed. For example:
the trolley car problem: to kill ...
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Putting together a book list on individual vs collective thinking
I am very interested on comparing the drives to and results from individualist vs collectivist thinking. I'd like about 5-10 books and for them to portray both sides of the argument. So far I have:
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