The Great Conversation: Labor
The Great Conversation: Labor By Gabriel Blanchard We know Labor Day as a popular holiday, but what exactly is it celebrating? Labor—or as we more often call it, […]
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The Great Conversation: Labor By Gabriel Blanchard We know Labor Day as a popular holiday, but what exactly is it celebrating? Labor—or as we more often call it, […]
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Rawls: Liberty and Justice for All By Matt McKeown One of our first childhood lessons is “Life isn’t fair.” But what if it could be? Though one of
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Caesar: The Hinge of Roman History By Matt McKeown With the rise of Julius Caesar, the history of Rome, the Mediterranean, and ultimately of civilization was permanently changed.
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The Great Conversation: Tyranny By Gabriel Blanchard Tyranny is one of the oldest problems in western thought—and practice. What is tyranny? It is agreed by almost all the
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Bentham: The Architect of Utilitarianism By Matt McKeown What is the proper calculus of morals and, to the extent they differ, of politics? Born in England in 1748,
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The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II By Matt McKeown Peace, frustratingly enough, can be as philosophically complicated as war. Go here for Part I. The pursuit of
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On Reading the Federalist Papers By Travis Copeland The Federalist Papers furnish us with an indispensable background for understanding our history, rights, and laws. Schools today have done
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Wollstonecraft: Rights and Revolution By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. From humble beginnings in the late Georgian era of England,
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The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human
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ThucydidesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In classical Greece, even the strictest historian was obliged to be at the same time a tragedian. ❧ Full name and titles:
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