Joad takes Thrasymachus, the blustering sceptic of Plato’s Republic, as his guide to the future of morals. He argues that much conventional morality served the interests of the powerful, examines herd morality and the new tyranny of thought, considers the new freedom of action won by women, and forecasts a coming clash.
A provocative essay from the 1920s by Britain’s best-known popular philosopher. Download the free EPUB.