Balancing Priorities: Politics, Morality, and Economics

Balancing priorities entails understanding the historical splits between politics and morality, and politics and economics. The split between politics and morality can be traced back to Machiavelli and was influenced by wartime conditions. In contrast, the split between politics and economics emerged later, primarily driven by trade. The speaker posits that the split between politics and economics is more likely to end first due to its immediacy in modern society. The creation of the modern state was a consequence of wartime conflicts, while the rise of capitalism was fueled by trade in the 18th century. Both splits, the political-morality and political-economic, are integral to understanding modern society.