Non-Consensual Governance

About this episode

Logan and Ben explore the implications of non-consensual governance through various philosophical perspectives.

After a six-month hiatus, Logan and Ben come back to dismiss "Consent of the Governed" and move on to what happens next. If consent of the governed does not dictate good governance, what does? We rollick through ideas from John Rawls, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Socrates (by the way, it was the Dialogue of Crito, in case you were wondering) and Charles Tilly before comparing our results with James Madison. Philosophy Club! is back and this is just the beginning!

People in this episode

Hosts: Logan, Ben

Topics covered

• governance
• consent
• philosophy
• political theory
• social contract

Keywords

• governance
• consent of the governed
• philosophy
• John Rawls
• social contract

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dialogue of Crito

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