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Why we need public philosophy, redux

In yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Magazine, philosopher Martha Nussbaum says it better than anyone else can:

You’re an eminent philosopher at the University of Chicago. What can you tell us about the state of ideas in America?
There’s just something about our public culture that’s not that friendly to philosophy. I think religion is thought to be where you go with your big questions.

-Sam

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December 14, 2009 · Filed Under Sam

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