Philosophers, such as George Grant, have written accessibly about the nature of technology as being a way of living, almost a spiritual disposition, in which humanity is confined only by its collective imagination. This line of enquiry was arguably initiated and more powerfully theorized by a less accessible philosopher, Martin Heidegger, in his famous essay,Continue reading “On being as indebtedness”
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The Idea of Liberalism
For B. A. B., who continually asked for this to be written. ‘Liberalism’ was concerned [with what] I have called the menace of ‘sovereign’ authority and with constitutional devices to reduce it. If it had any theoretical understanding of a state it was that of an association in terms of assured ‘natural rights’ recognized asContinue reading “The Idea of Liberalism”
In Pursuit of Democracy
The word ‘democracy’ has become something of a buzzword in today’s political discourse, though it tends to be used in a manner that is not merely an easy term to throw around but as something believed to have true substance – this word is supposedly making a real demand of us. There has been anContinue reading “In Pursuit of Democracy”
Hoping for Clarity 