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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