Anarchism has a bad connotation – no authority, chaos, animal kingdom, survival of the strongest, etc. Any anarchist does not think we can live alone like orangutans. So, what does it mean when there is no central government, and how do human beings actually live together?
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- A Theory of Justice (1971) – John Rawls
- Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974) – Robert Nozick
In Ethics, the primary question is what is good and what is right. How does equality play the role here? Is equality the precondition of being just? Is equality the result of a just society? Has equality nothing to do with justice? Or does equality actually violate some justice?
The debate between Rawls and Nozick has been a hot topic of this context and helps you philosophize your own ideas.
Continue reading “[Rawls vs. Nozick] Justice and Equality”[Voltaire] Candide
- Original Title: Candide, ou l’Optimisme
- Author: Voltaire
- Translated: John Butt
- Published: 1759
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 1947
[Henri Bergson] An Introduction to Metaphysics
- Title: An Introduction to Metaphysics
- Author: Henri Bergson
- Translated: T. E. Hulme
- Published: 1903
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913
[Michel Foucault] This Is Not A Pipe
- Title: This is not a pipe – “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”
- Author: Michel Foucault
- Translated: James Harkness
- Published: 1983
- Publisher: University of California Press
- ISBN: 978-0-520-23694-3
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[Study Notes] Macroeconomics – Fiscal & Monetary Policies
The economy is controlled by two policies:
- Fiscal (by Government): Taxes and Expenditures
- Monetary (by Central Bank): Money supply and Interest rate
THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE THE BASIC CONCEPTS IN THE MAINSTREAM (CAPITALISTIC, NEO-CLASSICAL) ECONOMICS.
Continue reading “[Study Notes] Macroeconomics – Fiscal & Monetary Policies”[Ludwig Wittgenstein] Philosophical Investigations
- Title: Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
- Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Published: 1953
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 3 edition (Dec. 2001)
- ISBN-10: 0631231277
- ISBN-13: 978-0631231271
[Study Notes] Macroeconomics – Unemployment
Unemployment is one of the widely used barometers to check the current economic status. Therefore it is natural that unemployment is the main topic of macroeconomics.
THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE THE BASIC CONCEPTS IN THE MAINSTREAM (CAPITALISTIC, NEO-CLASSICAL) ECONOMICS.
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