57 | What is Liberalism? Part II. Policing and Political Economy

What's Left of Philosophy - Un pódcast de Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris

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In the second installment of our “What is Liberalism?” series we discuss the relationship between liberalism and the institution of the police. If a core principle of liberalism is the equal application of the law, then some enforcement mechanism is necessary to ensure the stability of the social order. The problem is that in liberal democracies the police are asked to equally apply the law while maintaining an unequal social order. These two tasks create legitimacy crises for the state. ...

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