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Seeking the Perfect World guides readers through thoughtful discussions of 21st century challenges while providing everything needed to critically engage with current events and personal dilemmas.
List of contents
Part 1: Introducing the Party -- A time-travelling affair to do political philosophy 1: Time traveling to party with philosophers 2: What is political philosophy (or why you should read this book) 3: How to read this book 4: A quick note on utopias and dystopias
Part 2: Excuse me, who are you? Starting the party with questions about identity and human nature 5: What do you want? Discussing the ideal life 6: What makes you, you? Discussing identity 7: Why do we go to war? Discussing human nature and international relations
Part 3: Who said you could dance on the table? Questions about rules, contracts, rights, and wrongs. 8: Who should rule? Discussing the perfect government 9: How do you know that? Discussing the perfect education 10: Who owns what? Discussing ownership and reparations 11: Should humans be like geese? Discussing migration and citizenship
Part 4: Should we eat a guest or 3-D print sushi? Questions about nature and technology 12: Should nature have rights? Discussing how humans relate to nature 13: Is having pets immoral? Discussing our favourite animals 14: Would you like to become a cyborg? Discussing transhumanism 15: Should we be afraid of AI? Discussing the future of technology
Part 5: Justice as a parting gift,Questions about language, and beauty, and justice for the past and the future 16: How do you say knowledge? Questions of language, knowledge, and justice 17: Should the government pay for opera? Questions about art, beauty, and politics 18: Does the past affect the future? Questions about colonialism, knowledge, and justice 19: How can we build a just world? Questions about justice, diversity, and the future
Part 6: Until we meet again 20: Conclusion
About the author
Karem Roitman, Ph.D. (DPhil Oxford) is a lecturer in political philosophy and global development for the Open University and a consultant and public speaker on education, creative leadership, diversity, and belonging. She is also Director of Thinkers Meet Up Ltd (TMU), which runs enrichment courses for gifted and 2e students. She has worked in education for over 20 years, teaching from primary to postgraduate students, and training hundreds of teachers around the world on project-based learning, and twenty-first-century skills. She is a passionate advocate for inclusive, intercultural education, and critical global citizenship.
Summary
Seeking the Perfect World guides readers through thoughtful discussions of 21st century challenges while providing everything needed to critically engage with current events and personal dilemmas.
