Public Philosophy

Jason Brennan (Georgetown) and I (Bowling Green) have put together a conversation on public reason/political liberalism and its treatment of religious contributions to public life (which would not have been possible without the help of the great folks over at Phil TV, especially David Killoren). In the video, I argue that there are relatively unexplored versions of public reason that are considerably friendlier to religious contributions to public life than public reason’s proponents and detractors believe. Jason presents me with a number of sharp challenges and observations.

Watch us here.

Via Edward Lewis, the first part of a two-part interview with Stuart White on political philosophy and the left at the New Left Project. Topics include Cohen on luck egalitarianism and freedom.

“Why?” on Prairie Public Radio: 5:00pm Central, second Sunday of the month

Jack Weinstein writes to say that the new Institute for Philosophy in Public Life at the University of North Dakota has launched a new philosophy call-in radio show called “Why?: Philosophical Discussions about Everyday Life” on Prairie Public Radio that will be available around the world. They will have professional philosophers (and other people working in the field) talking about their work and answering questions from the audience. It is broadcast the second Sunday of every month at 5:00 p.m. central time, and starts February 8. The current guest list is up, and they are looking for callers to phone in.

The announcement email for the institute is below the fold:

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