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morality2 (37)in #politics • 7 years ago
The four bases of political power
In his textbook Sociology , Professor Jonathan H. Turner distinguishes between four different "bases of power" that are basic elements of all polities: 1. The coercive base…
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morality2 (37)in #religion • 7 years ago
The unholy alliance between religion and politics
Why are religious groups so involved in politics? That religious groups manage to find a political niche in most places with centralised authority is so familiar to us that we…
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morality2 (37)in #history • 7 years ago
War, taxation, and ultimately government itself will eventually go the same way as slavery and human sacrifice
Would you have condemned the violent practices of the past? If we had been alive in times past, we say, we would have condemned human sacrifice, the torturing of criminal…
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morality2 (37)in #voting • 7 years ago
Voting as an act of self-defence: utterly futile (at best)
In his classic No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority , nineteenth century individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner argues forcefully against the legitimate authority of…
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morality2 (37)in #politics • 7 years ago
"What would a benevolent dictator do?"
Many social and political thinkers begin with this question without recognising that their very starting point is already ideologically loaded. In fact, the question is…
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morality2 (37)in #introduceyourself • 7 years ago
"Morality version 2.0" joining the new marketplace of ideas
What is Morality version 2.0? Morality version 2.0 ( www.morality2.com ) is a personal website/blog that I have been running for almost ten years now (though, initially under…
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