On the Philosophical Underpinnings of Conservativism
What do conservatives stand for? One popular narrative is that conservatives cling to tradition and resist change. There is an element of truth to this description in that conservatives do value...
View ArticleEpistemological Pluralism, Cognitive Liberalism & Authentic Choice
Originally published in Comparative Philosophy, Vol. VII, No. 2 (Fall 2016) Print version available here. In “Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism,” Martha Nussbaum (2011) persuasively...
View ArticleWhy Conservatives Must Reject Trump’s Homonationalism
In a RNC nomination acceptance speech widely maligned as dystopian, Donald Trump received rare mainstream media praise for asserting: “Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were...
View ArticleThe Big Debate About Microaggressions
The concept of microaggressions gained prominence with the publication of Sue et al.’s 2007, “Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life,” which defined microaggressions as communicative, somatic,...
View ArticleFor Social Science to Survive, It Needs to Expand
Beginning in the late 18th century, post-secondary education was restructured across Europe—in part under the auspices of accelerating the transition to an envisioned rational and secular age.[1] In...
View ArticleProgressives, Vulnerable Groups Most in Need of Campus Free Speech Protections
Harvard President Drew Faust gave a ringing endorsement of free speech in her recent 2017 commencement address. There was, however, one passage where Faust chose to focus on the price of Harvard’s...
View ArticleGender Differences, Silicon Valley and that Controversial Google Memo
Google software engineer James Damore set off a firestorm with the publication of a company memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber.” The essay criticized Google’s policies for promoting a more...
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