While many of the philosophers you are
reading about have been dead for hundreds and even thousands of years, their ideas are
still very much alive. This section
illustrates the ways in which selected philosophic ideas from the chapter are relevant in
your life today.
You are invited to think and possibly
write about these contemporary connections.
Marxism in the United States
Locke and the Bill of Rights
Plato and Vote-By-Mail
Hate Speech and Drug Legalization
Basic Human Rights