Shows tagged with : Politics

  • June 23 : Nations and Borders
    One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It's often best to go elsewhere. But moving is not always so easy. Borders and...
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  • March 24 : Abortion
    Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion. To some, it carries the steep moral cost of destroying human life, while to others, it represents an...
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  • March 10 : The Psychology of Partisan Politics
    Are you a tax-raising, soy latte-drinking, Prius-driving, New York Times-reading, Daily Show-watching, corporation-hating liberal? Or a gun-toting,...
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  • January 06 : The Examined Year - 2012
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the significant events of the previous year.  But what ideas and events took shape over the past...
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  • October 28 : Corporations and the Future of Democracy
    The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a leader in the promotion of democratic values around the...
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  • September 30 : Regulating Bodies
    Most countries allow their citizens to smoke cigarettes, get intoxicated, and eat unhealthy food – despite the harms that such behaviors may bring to...
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  • June 24 : Corporations and the Future of Democracy
    The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a leader in the promotion of democratic values around the...
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  • February 05 : Black Solidarity
    From the abolition of slavery to the Black Power movement, black unity has been considered a powerful method to achieve freedom and equality. ...
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  • January 08 : The Examined Year - 2011
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on significant moments of the past twelve months.  But what ideas and events that took shape over...
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  • December 04 : Fear
    Fear is an emotion, but it is one with a long history in both political theory and politics in the real world. In many versions of social contract...
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  • May 19 : Faith, Reason, and the Art of Living
    It sounds plausible to require that all our beliefs be based on evidence and sound reasoning. Yet some people's most cherished beliefs, like their...
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  • May 26 : Summer Reading List 2013
    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger's Being and Time may be a bit much to take on vacation, but there are lots of...
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  • June 02 : Gay Pride & Prejudice
    The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on the air of a moral panic and support taking on the air of a...
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  • June 09 : Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
    The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has undermined the religious idea that the universe...
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  • June 16 : Educaton and the Culture Wars
    In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible  for providing children with an education. But parents surely have both the right and...
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  • June 23 : Nations and Borders
    One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It's often best to go elsewhere. But moving is not always so easy. Borders and...
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  • June 30 : Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
    Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be punished for their crimes? Did Justin Timberlake mean to disrobe...
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  • July 21 : Freedom and Free Enterprise
    “Freedom” can mean many things, but it stands most centrally for metaphysical freedom: the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own...
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