Political Theory Is Just an Essential Part of Any Political Education

John Rawls is an imperishable example of why you need political theory to figure out what equality actually means. It's not of any practical use in politics, but unless you have some sense that this is what the words ought to mean, you can be absolutely sure you will misuse the words when you go into practice. And I notice as a teacher—I teach in public policy school, I teach civil servants and prospective politicians the stuff that makes a difference with them is Machiavelli,. Mill's considerations on representative government. Brooks led her to the electors of Bristol.