PEPTALK
POLITICS, ETHICS, and PHILOSOPHY TARGETING AMERICANS LOOKING for KNOWLEDGE
CONTENTS

ABOUT MY PERSPECTIVE
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: POLITICS
CHAPTER 1: THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER 2: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
CHAPTER 3: POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE
CHAPTER 4: A NEW MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION
CHAPTER 5: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR A NEW MODEL OF POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION
CHAPTER 6: UNDERSTANDING THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
CHAPTER 7: IDEOLOGICAL POLARIZATION AND SYNTHESIS
CHAPTER 8: THE PROSPECTS AND PROMISE OF IDEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS
CHAPTER 9: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER 10: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, ACTIVISM AND VOTING BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 11: THE PRESS, POLLING AND POPULAR CULTURE
CHAPTER 12: OPINION FORMATION AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
CHAPTER 13: THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 14: THE PRESIDENCY
CHAPTER 15: THE SUPREME COURT
CHAPTER 16: THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY IN SUPREME COURT DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 17: TOWARD A NEW CONSTITUTION
CHAPTER 18: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

PART 2: ETHICS
CHAPTER 19: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
CHAPTER 20: THE NATURE OF MORAL DISCOURSE AND ETHICAL REASONING
CHAPTER 21: MAN'S MORAL ESSENCE
CHAPTER 22: TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL CONCEPT OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 23: PROBLEMS OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 24: ETHICS AND THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIETAL DECLINE

PART 3: PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER 25: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER 26: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER 27: EARLY MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 1: HOBBES, LOCKE AND SPINOZA
CHAPTER 28: EARLY MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 2: THE FOUNDERS' PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER 29: EARLY MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 3: ROUSSEAU AND KANT
CHAPTER 30: EARLY MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 4: HEGEL AND MARX
CHAPTER 31: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 1: CRITICAL THEORY
CHAPTER 32: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 2: HABERMAS
CHAPTER 33: WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR PARADIGM ESCAPE?
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