Abstract:In this chapter I attempt to accomplish three tasks: first, to reconnect the Popperian interest in science with the interest in social and political matters, so as to highlight the moral dimension of ...In this chapter I attempt to accomplish three tasks: first, to reconnect the Popperian interest in science with the interest in social and political matters, so as to highlight the moral dimension of all his works; secondly, to highlight some parallels and overlaps between Popper's ideas and the ideas that come under the rubric of postmodernism; and thirdly, to re-examine critically the extent to which the (social) reliance on individual rationality and personal responsibility is untenable regardless of whether one relies on self-policing initiatives or legislates them within institutional confines. Pockets of success in limited communities (communes or the kibbutz movement in Palestine and then Israel) belie a structural weakness that undermines individual initiatives except under rare conditions.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-08-30
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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