Sociologist and political theorist Steven Lukes, known for his work on power and moral relativism, discusses the idea of critical intent as a form of life in this interview produced by the Institute for Advanced Study. Lukes reflects on what it means to adopt a critical stance toward social and political arrangements, drawing on his background in the sociology of knowledge and his long engagement with questions of ideology, false consciousness, and moral disagreement. The conversation moves through examples from his own scholarship, including his classic study of power and his later writings on relativism, to ask whether critique can itself be understood as a settled way of living and thinking rather than an occasional intellectual exercise. The format is a single extended interview, with Lukes speaking directly to camera about the stakes of taking a critical posture seriously.