Critical Democracy and Leadership Issues: Philosophical Responses to the Neoliberal Agenda

The current context is one that too easily and hastily admits and promotes a neoliberal perspective that privileges the technical, efficient, competitive outlook through the distributive mechanism of the market. [...] the neo-liberal discourse has co-opted or hijacked both the use of the terms democracy and leadership to the extent that any conception of either that does not fit with this discourse is deemed not worthwhile or not productive. [...] to even raise questions that challenge some aspects of neo-liberal emphases or to propose a broader consideration of ethical and philosophical considerations is to be ipso facto removed from particular discourses and discussions.