A Political Theory Review interview with Terry Pinkard, University Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, about his recent book, Does History Make Sense?: Hegel on the Historical Shapes of Justice (Harvard University Press, 2017). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review.
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Gerrymandering and Gill in Constitutional Perspective
Gerrymandering is as old as the republic itself. The siren call of court intervention is attractive but will eventually make the court just another political actor. A better solution to gerrymandering is smaller legislatures. Sometime this year the United States Supreme Court will rule on the gerrymandering case Gill vs. Whitford. Wisconsin Democrats are suing […]
Are Intellectual Property Rights Moral?
The case is hard for those challenging intellectual property. There is no coherent basis for a right to enjoy the creations of others without the compensation of or consent of their creator. “Just as sex is a God-given instinct for the prolongation of the human race, so the desire for property as a prolongation of […]
Historical Records and Historical Narratives about the Constitutional Convention
It is both prudent and just to question the reliability of the records we use when forming our historical narratives. But it is no less prudent to question the wisdom of forming constitutional narratives that seek to replace the historical records with the historian’s speculations. James Madison’s Notes of the Constitutional Convention are a much […]
Is the Administrative State Legitimate?
Reconciling expertise and representative government has always been a challenge in America. This is not a new problem, but we have dealt with this recurring problem in a problematic way over the past century, choosing expertise over republican government. The Framers of the Constitution didn’t emphasize expertise as a characteristic of good legislators. Instead, they [...]
