On Politics and Philosophy

This is not a book of philosophy, nor a book on politics, but a sweeping philosophical examination of stubborn social controversies, ideological theories, and thorny political imbroglios. From Plato and Aristotle, Hobbes and Locke, and on to Marx, Sartre and Wittgenstein, political conundrums such as the practical viability of a libertarian society, the fate of honor in the contemporary, political world, the authentic role of torture in interrogation. These and other thorny issues are addressed in the most objective and analytical way

possible, that is through the lens of philosophical scrutiny.

Note the essay titles:

Am I Dumb or Why Politics is Boring

Anarchy and the Case for Government

Class and Class Warfare

Defining the Left ands the Right

On Raising Political Consciousness

Right Wing Society

Terror and Torture

The Particular Nature of Truth and Certainty in Social Issues

The Origins of Christianity as Political Ideology

The Legitimate Role of Violence in Politics

What is Ideology

What Stands Behind the Libertarian

Epilogue; A Point of Honor

There are thirteen essays in this volume, but not one partisan essay. The writers had but one goal: Veritas! And through Truth, enlightenment.