Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but what do we do when that drama becomes a reality all around us? For a country founded as an escape from British tyranny, the United States seems to have devolved into a land where tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers. As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason, and the only cure is a return to wisdom and virtue. America's founding fathers knew this lesson all too well and dreamed of an enlightened citizenry guided by…mehr
Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but what do we do when that drama becomes a reality all around us? For a country founded as an escape from British tyranny, the United States seems to have devolved into a land where tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers. As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason, and the only cure is a return to wisdom and virtue. America's founding fathers knew this lesson all too well and dreamed of an enlightened citizenry guided by better-than-ideological dictators. Using contemporary events to illuminate universal human weaknesses, Andrew Fiala charts the perennial history of tyrannical takeovers and the masses who support them and ultimately suffer under their rule. Ultimately, Fiala also points to a solution. Knowing the cyclical nature of tyranny, we can build safeguards against our worst inclinations and keep alive the freedoms our founding fathers envisioned for this nation.
Andrew Fiala is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics at California State University, Fresno. Fiala has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. He is a respected scholar of ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, and particularly a prominent thinker of non-violence and pacifism. He has written of a number of books, including a widely used ethics textbook: Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, 9th edition (co-authored with Barbara MacKinnon).
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Preface Part 1: Historical, Political, and Theological Contexts Chapter 1: From Trump to Plato and Back Again Trump: 2021 Plato: 375 BCE Trump: 2016 Conclusion: Tragic Love and the Problem of Polarization Chapter 2: Tyranny as a Theological Problem Modest Humanism Is God a Tyrant? Paganism and Trumpism Inspirational Moral Leaders The Trump Difference Conclusion: God is not a Tyrant Chapter 3: The Tragic Trio and the Midwife Who Enlightens Tyranny is in the Eye of the Beholder Our Fundamental Brokenness Tyranny Trumps Truth Tyranny Over the Mind Trump is a Symptom Conclusion: The Midwife who Opens Our Eyes Chapter 4: Political Tragedy and Historical Wisdom Philosophical History The Problem of Living Within History The Common Story of Toil and Trouble Tyrants Everywhere Conclusion: Wisdom, Virtue, and Democratic Education Part 2: The Tragic Trio Chapter 5: The Tyrant's Pride: On Ambition, Power, and Greatness Fashionable Tyranny Defining Tyranny A Tyrannical Soul does not a Tyrant Make Exorbitant Power Revolutions and Transitions Hubris Greatness is not Goodness Conclusion: The Goodness of Goodness Chapter 6: The Fool's Stupidity: On Willful and Vicious Ignorance Violence is Fun Who Are You Calling a Moron? Infantilization and Accountability Defining Foolishness Ignorance and The Big Lie Conclusion: Fools Want to Believe Fake News Chapter 7: The Sycophant's Complicity: On Cunning, Flattery, and the Trojan Horse Defining Sycophancy Sycophants and Flatterers from Socrates to Seneca Opportunism, Contortionism, and Political Performance Art Complicity and Structures of Power Flattering the Tyrant and the Mob Conclusion: The Trojan Horse Part 3: Remedies and Solutions Chapter 8: Wisdom, Vigilance, and The Citizen-Philosopher A Few Good Men Conflicting Patriotisms Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free Philo-politics and Philosophical Friendship Vigilance, Resistance, and Complicity Civic and Moral Education Conclusion: Vigilance and Accountability in an Un-Thinking Culture Chapter 9: The Constitution of Wisdom Montesquieu, Madison, and Mike Pence The Evolving Constitution The Tragic Truth of Political Philosophy Republicanism Triumphs Against Trump Hitler, Mussolini, and Real Tyranny The Wise Dysfunction of Mixed Government The Near Fatal Flaw of Slavery A Tragic Conclusion Chapter 10: The Mirror of Philosophy Appendices Appendix 1: Trump's View of Morality in Context Appendix 2: Cast of Characters and Key Events
Preface Part 1: Historical, Political, and Theological Contexts Chapter 1: From Trump to Plato and Back Again Trump: 2021 Plato: 375 BCE Trump: 2016 Conclusion: Tragic Love and the Problem of Polarization Chapter 2: Tyranny as a Theological Problem Modest Humanism Is God a Tyrant? Paganism and Trumpism Inspirational Moral Leaders The Trump Difference Conclusion: God is not a Tyrant Chapter 3: The Tragic Trio and the Midwife Who Enlightens Tyranny is in the Eye of the Beholder Our Fundamental Brokenness Tyranny Trumps Truth Tyranny Over the Mind Trump is a Symptom Conclusion: The Midwife who Opens Our Eyes Chapter 4: Political Tragedy and Historical Wisdom Philosophical History The Problem of Living Within History The Common Story of Toil and Trouble Tyrants Everywhere Conclusion: Wisdom, Virtue, and Democratic Education Part 2: The Tragic Trio Chapter 5: The Tyrant's Pride: On Ambition, Power, and Greatness Fashionable Tyranny Defining Tyranny A Tyrannical Soul does not a Tyrant Make Exorbitant Power Revolutions and Transitions Hubris Greatness is not Goodness Conclusion: The Goodness of Goodness Chapter 6: The Fool's Stupidity: On Willful and Vicious Ignorance Violence is Fun Who Are You Calling a Moron? Infantilization and Accountability Defining Foolishness Ignorance and The Big Lie Conclusion: Fools Want to Believe Fake News Chapter 7: The Sycophant's Complicity: On Cunning, Flattery, and the Trojan Horse Defining Sycophancy Sycophants and Flatterers from Socrates to Seneca Opportunism, Contortionism, and Political Performance Art Complicity and Structures of Power Flattering the Tyrant and the Mob Conclusion: The Trojan Horse Part 3: Remedies and Solutions Chapter 8: Wisdom, Vigilance, and The Citizen-Philosopher A Few Good Men Conflicting Patriotisms Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free Philo-politics and Philosophical Friendship Vigilance, Resistance, and Complicity Civic and Moral Education Conclusion: Vigilance and Accountability in an Un-Thinking Culture Chapter 9: The Constitution of Wisdom Montesquieu, Madison, and Mike Pence The Evolving Constitution The Tragic Truth of Political Philosophy Republicanism Triumphs Against Trump Hitler, Mussolini, and Real Tyranny The Wise Dysfunction of Mixed Government The Near Fatal Flaw of Slavery A Tragic Conclusion Chapter 10: The Mirror of Philosophy Appendices Appendix 1: Trump's View of Morality in Context Appendix 2: Cast of Characters and Key Events
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