When politicians are on the ropes, rather than come out slugging, there appears to be a new strategy – get a philosopher in your corner and all will be well. If all does not go well, you have a scapegoat on hand. Alternatively your pocket philosopher can bamboozle and obfuscate all the unpleasant truths into a cloud of intellectual fog.
He writes well of himself and his part in Libya’s civil war according to this article in the TLS
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article848402.ece
For a bit of balance, check out this article from parisvoice.com
http://parisvoice.com/features/115–bernhard-henri-ls-qamerican-vertigoq
In the best of all possible worlds, Dr. Pangloss would be my philosophical adviser of choice.
http://www.shmoop.com/candide/dr-pangloss.html
A poll to ascertain what makes a good philosopher?
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