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Author: Joshua Krook

The Non-Coercive State: The Creation of Pacifist Societies

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In Political Liberalism, John Rawls argues that, “political power is always coercive power backed by the government’s use of sanctions, for government alone has authority to use force in upholding its laws” (Rawls 1993, p. 136).[i] In saying as much, Rawls is echoing a commonly held belief: that the state has the power to coerce its citizens, and this coercion prevents citizens from breaking the law. In most modern states, citizens are routinely threatened with arrest and incarceration if they do not abide by the state’s legal system. The language of “authority” is often used to justify this coercive action (Goffman 1982; Morris 2004, p. 196; Weber 1947).[ii]

Joshua Krook March 22, 2016 Ideas, Law, Philosophy, Politics

Pokemon Go, Augmented Reality and the Future of Technology

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In 1974, the philosopher Robert Nozick came up with the idea of an ‘experience machine’, a thought experiment […]

Joshua Krook October 1, 2015 Ideas, Philosophy, Video Games

On Advertising and the Loss of Free Will

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In his treatise on free will, philosopher Sam Harris claims that if an act is formulated in our […]

Joshua Krook September 9, 2015 Ideas, Philosophy

Bernie Sanders and the Fight Against Political Apathy

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During a recent Q and A event, American presidential nominee Bernie Sanders was confronted by a young man […]

Joshua Krook August 20, 2015 Politics

Modern Life: A Consciouscly Celebrated Materialism

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The anthropologist David Graeber has this idea that culture has been relabelled as consumption. So: what were formerly […]

Joshua Krook June 3, 2015 Uncategorized

How Physical Proximity (and Social Psychology): Can Prevent Racism, Sexism and Discrimination in Our Society

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In previous centuries divisions of society were mended and band-aided by communal meeting areas: Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and […]

Joshua Krook April 29, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

The Media, Moral Rage and Moral Condemnation

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Reading the letters of old writers and poets from previous centuries, you get the sense that they knew […]

Joshua Krook April 28, 2015 Ideas

Why Does Society Divide Itself Into Smaller Categories of People Over Time? (In-Group and Out-Group Formation)

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We are born without prejudice. Ask a baby if he hates any particular person and he will stare […]

Joshua Krook April 13, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

How to Combat Schadenfreude, or Enjoying The Pain of Others

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Due to evolution, when our enemy is hurt, we celebrate. When our enemy is killed, we chant in […]

Joshua Krook April 10, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

History of a Sketch During War: A View of the Taking of Quebec (1759)

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In 1759 General James Wolfe launched a daring British offensive up the St. Lawrence River to attack the […]

Joshua Krook March 18, 2015 Uncategorized

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