Thank u John you’ve been a big help for getting me thru my political theory course

One of Plato's characters who is "stumped" by Sokrates... only to be unrefuted by the most cursory observable daily experience. Like, ahem, Callicles.

How did you make the background noise of what looks to be a library louder than your voice? It wouldve been nice to hear what you had to say, but couldn't do it, too much noise.

This is incorrect a nation does not have to be an ethnicity

Thanks for this

The running background fan noise makes it nearly impossible to grasp what you're saying. If you have a Google 8, the new audio enhanced feature allows you to remove background noise. You should get it. Use the software and re-upload this video

I was interested in your statement suggesting the possibility of the person telling the government, "I deny consent, you go practice your government elsewhere." You said it was an absurd position. But, in a sense, this is a part of Locke's theory. The people can deny their consent to the government and, thereby, the government loses its authority to make rules. Now, there is a distinction between "the people" and "a person". How relevant this distinction is, I cannot say right off. However, note that we are not talking about a contract between the government and an individual. We are talking about a contract among a group of people to form and to abide by the rules of a contract. What if, in your case of telling students that the class time is changed, a student denies consent. Does this mean that it is illegitimate for the class to meet at the new time - does a lone individual have this type of veto power? Or is it the case, "Well, we're going to meet at that time and you need to figure out how you are going to deal with that fact." Assuming a class size of 50 - the choice is between 49 people agreeing to a different time imposing their wish on 1, as compared to 1 person not wishing to change imposing their wish on 49. If 49 people agree to a new time, it seems quite reasonable to expect the 1 person to choose between staying in the class or leaving. The only alternative to the majority imposing their will on the minority is for the minority to impose their will on the majority. Since these are the only two options, reason suggests choosing the former. Now, let's put these 50 people in a lifeboat at sea such that it would be extremely costly for the lone dissenter to just leave. The group is deciding on which direction to row. Any notion that says that a minority has a moral right to determine where to go will yield inevitable conflict. The only system that allows a community to settle on one unique answer is one in which the majority decides. So long as one is obtaining the benefits of the lifeboat, one tacitly consents to abide by decisions that are reached by the only method that allows for unique answers, and thus the only method recommended by reason..

The background noise is really disturbing

I think the legal system has a consequentialist, utilitarian bias. The problem, as pointed out in the video, is that lawmakers are fooling themselves when they think they know what the consequences/effects of their laws are going to be.

Great insight. You made philosophy more enjoyable

Not Andrew Tate

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By far the funniest dude within the Republic.

Too much backgrounds noise man

Great🎉 keep doing videos like this. Very useful

Nicely done video. Accurate and educational.

Well what's the answer? 😂 those were some good questions at the end that I don't know the answer to.. guess we'll find out. I will be grateful for the times of peace I experience, this is a crazy world it's a miracle we haven't destroyed it yet.

A great example of primordialism is the battle at Thermopylae. The Greeks fought against the Persians, not for their own individual freedoms, but for the freedom and preservation of their nation and their sovereignty over their own land. One more is the early Germanic populations, they have a word for foreigner: Wahloz. Just that word tells me that they distinguished other ethnic groups from their own.

Nations claim territory without a state. Nature and human behavior isn't as rigid as many make it out to be.

Vrey good vedio kip it up

Nice explaination. Thank u

Thanks for sharing.

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Hi. This was a great video! I was wondering what are your thoughts on Crito when it comes to taking a liberal or authoritarian interpretation of the work? Do you believe that the argument of Crito imply authoritarianism? Has anyone done any work on this issue and are there any recommended readings you would suggest? Thanks!

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I would want lawmakers to be impartial. I think it is a problem that politicians are often beholden to the party ideology and of course, motivated by money. I think you can make law because it has a good outcome and because it good intent. Ideal all law making should be good intent and we need to hold politicians to acting in good faith all the time.

Something can’t be true and false at the same time… Quantum Mechanics: Allow me to introduce myself

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any followers of deontology should burn in hell. especially kant!!!! kants books must be burned!!! philosophy needs to be banned from western universities.

Thinking about it, one overarching theme of modern movies, many of which are being perceived as nihilist, might actually just be showing characters holding principles of deontology or virtue ethics failing in spite of their rules or good character - demonstrating that the greatest harm can come from the best intentions - and realising they have to adopt a more consequentialist framework instead. Making choices that might be ethically required, even if they are not "moral" in a deontological sense.

In Italy the President is quite powerful, at least compared to many moarchs or even the President of Germany

this video has literally just saved my life

Extremely helpfull!

Very intelligent and thoughtful, may more actually care - I pray they will

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Very easy to understand. Ty!

I am attracted by virtue.

Thank you for this video! :)

Thank you this is such a big help! I was wondering can you make a video about the nature of Political Philosophy and Political theory? : (

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This was SOOO helpful

Many thanks Philip you did well in all your topics

Just posting this comment to show my appreciation for the all the work that goes into your videos. Thank you :)

ojalá estuviera traducido :( al español

This is a great lecture, despite being recorded on a calculator.

Very well explained video - thank you!

Is there a commonly used term in PE for a morally or socially valuable good? Seems like there may be a conceptual gap due to the normative nature of the distinction, but it would still be an objective category given that normative ideas are a social fact.