Rethinking political ethics requires revising assumptions about human sociability

Evidence

Let’s be dear. I am not arguing that politics should be dissociated from ethical or moral concerns, but that their relation needs to be posed in a different way. I would like to suggest that this cannot be done without problematizing the nature of human sociability which informs most modern democratic political thinking. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 565

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Passions and affects, not rationality, secure allegiance to democratic values — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 433; Sociability’s democratic reciprocity fails across different social classes — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 377; Modern ethics falsely severs morality from socially formed virtue and recognition — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 1187 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modern ethics falsely severs morality from socially formed virtue and recognition #expands (0.78) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1187
• Sociability’s democratic reciprocity fails across different social classes #qualifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 377
• Personal moral self-examination is the precondition for political change #corroborates (0.75) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again, 437