PRIVACY POLICY

If the twentieth century gave us the ideas to rebuild after war, the twenty-first demands something equally foundational: a renewal of faith in democracy itself. Scientific Liberalism offers a way to restore legitimacy, rebuild trust, and out-compete the extremes by grounding politics in our evolved moral instincts: fairness, care, cooperation, and the need for belonging within groups.

Fascism is an illiberal ideology; that is, under fascism people are neither free to speak, nor to act against the status quo. For this reason, fascism stands in sharp contrast with liberalism, which posits freedom as the most important political value. Given its commitment to freedom, has liberalism saved us from fascism?

Democracy Imagined questions the effectiveness of existing electoral mechanisms to truly reflect the will of the people and highlighting the disconnect between elected representatives and the demographic and political landscape of the populace. It aims to philosophically dissect these problems and propose radical solutions for achieving a more authentic and representative democracy. It does so in an unusual way: by being a thought experiment —a difficult one, too. But have a

News focus has leaned toward military outcomes, oil prices, and US involvement. Yet beyond strategic analysis lies a more urgent philosophical question: can the deliberate use of force, in the absence of an actual armed attack, ever be morally justified? And what precedent does this strike set for the international community? Dabbagh argues that accepting Israel’s rationale risks legalising a doctrine of first-strike coercion globally.

In a time where the equality of individuals is being questioned in troubling ways, Prof Michels reviews Paul Sagar's 'Basic Equality'.

Examining the causes behind the 2024 UK riots, Dabbagh considers the impact of misinformation, inequality and psychological mechanisms.

Even if Donald Trump's idea of absolute presidential immunity is absurd, immunity itself is not, as Plato understood.

Polarisation and division plays out over social media. Tragically, it rarely delivers the sense of belonging that leads us to argue online.

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