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Though his idea sounds desirable, it is deeply flawed because of its prediction that human can realize their own potentiality by being equal in a non-liberal democratic government. I highly disagree with this claim.
This volume comprises of six lectures and was published in 1965. Some of the political conditions in the world has changed since then, namely the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of China, but the historical framework and theoretical content may be used to extrapolate a description of societies in the world today. All five previous lectures were given succinct summary in the sixth lecture, for which I'll provide some orientation here.On the global stage (in the 60's), there are three types
Lectures from 1965 that I still found very informative. This book gave me new perspective on the idea of democracy, and how it is manifested in the world. A lot of value for only 67 pages! A mix of political science, economics, history, and philosophy."So, as soon as we recognize that [people] are in fact unequal in strength and skill, we have no alternative but to put up with the fact that some will get more. You may say that we have to put up with it, even though it makes some [people] less hu...
This 1965 Massey Lecture was the first piece of political philosophy I ever read, and it stood up fairly well to a recent re-read. Despite its somewhat cringe-inducing discussion of Soviet "democracy", Macpherson's pithy analysis of the rise of western democracy is, in my opinion, the gold standard on the topic. His discussion of the intrinsic economic element of liberalism (i.e. economic liberalism, aka capitalism) is also excellent. Short of time? Chapters 1 and 5 are the best.
