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		<title>The Public Philosopher is on hiatus</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2011/01/21/the-public-philosopher-is-on-hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have any questions or comments, write to us at contact@thepublicphilosopher.com. Related posts:Obama follows the Public Philosopher NYT following The Public Philosopher Not public philosophy, but fun anyway&#8230;


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		<title>Man at the top</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/09/man-at-the-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Distributive Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with inequality Writing for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof criticizes the rising inequality in America, comparing our economic situation to the famous “banana republics.”  According to Kristof: In the past, many of us acquiesced in discomfiting levels of inequality because we perceived a tradeoff between equity and economic growth. But there’s evidence [...]


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		<title>TPP Weekly Rewind</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/05/tpp-weekly-rewind-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, November 1 – Friday, November 5 TPP Week-In-Review On Monday, Charles reflected on a BBC report concerning business investments in Burma, and considered the moral implications of economic sanctions on that country On Tuesday, Han examined different reasons to support free speech to help determine whether video games deserve First Amendment protection On Thursday, [...]


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		<title>Inconceivable!</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/04/inconceivable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is fertility a health issue or a lifestyle choice? This month a health care refom advisory panel will meet to consider whether contraception should be offered free of charge as a form of preventative medicine, the AP reports. Healthcare reform of course poses many questions concerning how medical services are paid for and delivered. But, [...]


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		<title>Know your (state&#8217;s) rights</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/04/know-your-states-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal ran a piece recently about the current anti-Washington sentiment reviving an old debate over the 17th Amendment.  This Amendment, which provides for the direct election of US Senators, has been denounced by some Republicans.  A repeal of the law would involve appointing senators by state legislators. &#8220;People would be better off [...]


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		<title>Some election thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/04/some-election-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Play the game</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/02/play-the-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video games, value, and free speech The Supreme Court will soon hear a case concerning the state of California’s right to regulate the sale of violent video games to minors.  Writing for The Washington Post, game designer Daniel Greenberg thinks that the First Amendment should protect video games.  His argument relies on the value of [...]


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		<title>Not sure I sanction this, either</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/01/not-sure-i-sanction-this-either/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News reports that some Western companies continue to work in Burma despite pressure from governments and activists. The European Union bans and penalizes commercial activity that clearly supports the Burmese military regime and its repression. The United States and a few other countries impose sanctions that make business in the country nearly impossible. On [...]


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		<title>TPP Weekly Rewind</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/29/tpp-weekly-rewind-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, October 25 – Friday, October 29 TPP Week-In-Review On Tuesday, Charles considered the suggestion that criminality and cyclic violence would be solved by separating parts of the legal process form politics and direct democracy, and Han explored what it means to call someone ‘immoral’ before blaming a pandemic of moral relativism for preventing society [...]


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		<title>Has Stewart gone soft?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/28/has-stewart-gone-soft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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