Resources to Encourage Critical Thinking in Political Discussions…

Books

The Republic

Plato

Justice, Philosopher-King, Utopia

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

General Will, Freedom

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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Individuality, Freedom, Expression

A Theory of Justice

John Rawls
Justice, Fairness, Equality

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

Totalitarianism, Power, Ideology

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy, Society, Equality

The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich Hayek,
Milton Friedman

Freedom, Planning, Individualism

East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Philippe Sands

Accountability and Justice

The Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration

John Locke

Natural Rights, Liberty

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Social Contract, Sovereignty

Podcasts

The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein

Politics, Ideas, Interviews

Pod Save America

Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, Tommy Vietor

Politics, Commentary, Humour

The Argument

Jane Coaston

Debate, Perspectives, Politics

Philosophy Bites

David Edmonds, Nigel Warburton

Philosophy, Ideas, Discussions

The Daily

Michael Barbaro, Sabrina Tavernise

News, Analysis, Interviews

Intelligence Squared

Various hosts

Debates, Experts, Issues

The Weeds

Various Vox Contributors

Policy, Deep-Dive, Analysis

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg

History, Philosophy, Culture