I've spent two summers driving around the U.S. visiting baseball parks. The first trip was in 1991, pre-Camden Yards. The years since have brought fundamental changes to the economics of the game, changes that are immediately apparent in the architecture and demographics of the new ballparks. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able to capture this passion, successfully conveying it to countless readers across the country. Such conflict should not be viewed as an evil but as a necessity.
Institutionalized argument is required lest government, democratic or otherwise, becomes tyrannical.
Hampshire stresses the need to recognize the usefulness and desirability of debate in deciding moral matters, as the alternative is a reliance on rationality, which does not provide a powerful bond between people when passions are strong on both sides. In the wake of this understanding, Hampshire emphasizes the continued relevance of socialism in arguments of distributive justice. This work is brief but compelling. He touches on a myriad of philosophers along the way, and in the end, one does indeed respect his argument.