Philosophy2u

A version of this blog was originally posted on Quora, March 5, 2022. With economic systems, there are at least two kinds of failure....

You don't have to like communism or Marxism to learn something valuable from Marx. Here it is . . .

Many of us seem to be asking ourselves what we want from our jobs in the broadest possible way, a decent wage is but one desideratum.

The general idea of meaningful work is that the job one does or the career one adopts in some way contributes to a meaningful life.

The political notion of self-sufficiency that often informs aggressive claims to individual rights is more problematic than at first glance.

Have you ever thought that understanding the idea of liberty involves understanding our relation to justice, peace, and the general welfare?