I hate politics. Let me start there.
I hate political debates. I hate talking to people about politics. I hate politicians. However, I’m fascinated by political theory.
I have taught political philosophy to college students — everything from basic intro classes to a course specifically on just war theory, but I’m not sure I ever started from the very basic question of what a government really is and what it should do. The answer isn’t obvious if you look at both past and present governments, and a lot of political disagreement seems to come from…
