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82 - Jonathan Wolff: Cities, States, and Political Philosophy

82 - Jonathan Wolff: Cities, States, and Political Philosophy

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Jonathan Wolff is Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public
Policy at the University of Oxford. He works in numerous areas of
political philosophy. Some topics he has researched include
equality and poverty, and he has worked in applied areas like
Covid policy and gambling. In this episode, Jonathan and Robinson
begin with a discussion of the nature of political philosophy
before turning to some modern historical perspectives on the
state, starting with Hobbes and traveling up through Marx and
Rawls. They then turn to his current work in partnership with
Avner de-Shalit on cities and equality. Some of Jonathan’s books
include Disadvantage (Oxford, 2007), An Introduction to Political
Philosophy (Oxford, 1996, and soon to be in its fourth edition),
and Why Read Marx Today? (Oxford, 2002).

Jonathan’s Website: https://jonathanwolff.wordpress.com

OUTLINE:

00:00 In This Episode…

00:35 Introduction

04:17 Jonathan’s Start in Political Philosophy

08:46 What is Political Philosophy?

18:24 Methodology in Political Science and Political Philosophy

22:42 Hobbes and the State of Nature

45:34 Rousseau on Government

51:12 John Stuart Mill on Liberty

1:01:25 Covid Policy and Moral Philosophy

1:08:49 Marx and the State

1:19:07 Rawls and Justice

1:33:07 Political Philosophy and the City

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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