Beatrice Institute Podcast cover image

Technology as Ontology, with Michael Hanby

Beatrice Institute Podcast

CHAPTER

The Metaphysics of Political Philosophy

Maurice Blondell stated that politics is metaphysics in action however the foundations of liberal democracy especially when we think of folks like Rawls and Dworkin is that liberalism is a form of government that expressly ignores metaphysics. But we know that is not true so what are the implicit metaphysics that liberalism has smuggled in whether liberal theorists like to admit it or not. The collective pursuit of scientific and technological progress that we are as much bacon's new Atlantis as Hobbes Leviathan or Locke second treatise or the federalist papers is not accidental. We valorize power or possibility through our conception of freedom and rights. Right to be born you know my freedom constrained before I have the

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner