The New Social Contract: Universal Basic Assets in 2025
As wealth inequality reaches record levels, 2025 is witnessing the first large-scale implementations of Universal Basic Asset (UBA) policies—a philosophical evolution beyond basic income. Alaska’s Permanent Fund (which distributes oil revenues) now includes data dividend payments, while Singapore’s “SkillsFuture” program issues blockchain-verified education tokens. These experiments are rekindling debates about property rights that trace back […]
Read MoreThe Neo-Aristotelian Revival: Virtue Ethics in 2025’s Political Discourse
Amidst growing disillusionment with utilitarian policymaking, 2025 is witnessing a surprising resurgence of Aristotelian virtue ethics in political philosophy. Leaders across the ideological spectrum are invoking concepts like phronesis (practical wisdom) and eudaimonia (human flourishing) to counter the transactional nature of modern governance. The European Union’s “Wellbeing Economy” initiative explicitly draws on these classical ideas, […]
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