On an ideological level citizens have gradually internalised a consumer ideology, which is susceptible to marketing whether it be brand of product or brand of politics.
While progress does have a role in ‘On Liberty’, it is significantly less than the role of liberty. Used to underpin Mill’s argument, progress is treated as a value-laden principle, erected to justify liberal ideology.
There is a stark analogue between the policies and moral justifications for pre-emption in the Bush Doctrine and the workings of, and moral justifications given for, pre-crime.
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