It’s an election year and the air will clamour with the sound of promise and counter bid. But below it all might be a bedrock of ideas guiding party politics. Many would say that we have seen the twilight of political philosophy—yet words like human rights, equality, dignity, and freedom dominate the modern political lexicon. In this far-reaching six-part series, The Philosopher’s Zone explores the widening gap between the world as it is and the world as some would prefer it.