Political Philosophy
As an undergraduate, I took several courses in political philosophy. I also ran across political philosophy in several other courses, in addition to some of the work I did before I dropped out of theological seminary.
To tell the truth, I never much cared about who said what and when.
And nowadays, I am much more interested in "positive" analysis as opposed to "normative" or ethical or moral imperatives or what-not.
In fact, the political analysis I find most compelling is this quotation from Yossarian:
“[T]hey have the right to do anything we can't stop them from doing,” which is a very nice Machiavellian summary of the economics of political choice.
The quotation is from Joseph Heller's classic, Catch-22 about WWII, which I highly recommend.
To tell the truth, I never much cared about who said what and when.
And nowadays, I am much more interested in "positive" analysis as opposed to "normative" or ethical or moral imperatives or what-not.
In fact, the political analysis I find most compelling is this quotation from Yossarian:
“[T]hey have the right to do anything we can't stop them from doing,” which is a very nice Machiavellian summary of the economics of political choice.
The quotation is from Joseph Heller's classic, Catch-22 about WWII, which I highly recommend.
posted by EclectEcon @ 5/31/2005 02:24:00 a.m.
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