The Great Conversation: Revolution By Matt McKeown Is revolution indeed condoned by “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”? The United States, and in fact almost every […]
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HegelAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Though his philosophy seems to be the airiest and most abstract of any thinker, we grapple with the consequences of Hegel’s ideas
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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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RawlsAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown One of our first childhood lessons is “Life isn’t fair.” But what if it could be? ❧ Full name: John Bordley Rawls
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CaesarAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown With the rise of Julius Caesar, the history of Rome, the Mediterranean, and ultimately of civilization was permanently changed. ❧ Full name
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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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BenthamAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown What is the proper calculus of morals and, to the extent they differ, of politics? ❧ Full name and titles: Jeremy Bentham
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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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WollstonecraftAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft [mê-rē wõł-støn-krăft; see our pronunciation
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