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What Rosa Parks can teach us about resistance today

Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law

The Guardian - US

Liberal societies are under siege from authoritarians and extreme capitalism. But ‘self-help for liberals’ won’t fix us

Liberalism is at a turning point. The rise of the far right in Western democracies has challenged liberal values and institutions and, as the UK riots in August exemplified, fuelled violent extremism on the streets.

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The History of Ideas by David Runciman review – big thinkers with visions of a better world

The academic’s page-turning volume of essays – a study of intellectuals who sought to improve the politics and societies of their day – makes you feel a little more learned than you did before

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The History of Ideas by David Runciman review – casting around

A spinoff from the podcast of the same name, this potted philosophical primer fails to live up to its title

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The Road to Freedom by Joseph E Stiglitz review – a vision of progressive capitalism seems too little, too late

The Nobel-winning US economist’s championing of government intervention to nullify neoliberal excesses is ardently expressed but unconvincing

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The Philosopher Helping Countries Protect Minority Rights

From Nepal to Bolivia, Will Kymlicka is reshaping global policy

The Walrus

I’m all for Rawls, but Labour must not forget its true socialist roots

Letters: Readers respond to Daniel Chandler’s article which argued that Labour should build its vision around the justice theory of the philosopher John Rawls

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Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler review – the road to fairness

A stirring call to make justice and equity a reality by applying the ideas of liberal philosopher John Rawls

The Guardian - UK

If Labour is to succeed it needs not just new policies, but a whole new philosophy

The work and ideals of the late John Rawls provide a progressive framework that could supplant neoliberalism, says philosopher and economist Daniel Chandler

The Guardian - UK

Ignore the detractors – Keir Starmer is a radical who can transform the country

He could marshal the progressive tradition that has always eluded the liberal left

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Why can't Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers

Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily by human-made emissions? With these kinds of issues dividing the public, it sometimes feels as if Americans are losing our ability to agree about basic facts of the world. There have been widespread disagreements about matters…

The Conversation

This attempt to cut the pay of public servants offends a basic British sense of fairness

The revered philosopher John Rawls had it right: most citizens believe that the government has an obligation to create a just society

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about freedom

Authors as radically different as Julia Donaldson, John Rawls and Ayn Rand can make us appreciate the value of freedom, and the terrible jeopardy of losing it

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Football is an unfair playing field for smaller clubs but there is hope

Money is the competitive advantage in football so a better flow of funding throughout the football pyramid is essential

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The Politics of DNA

Do genetic differences require us to embrace progressive politics?

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