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    The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…

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    I can’t—seriously speaking—imagine anyone doing “philosophy of sexuality” work, as the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy calls it, having an easy…

Lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s commencement address at Penn

Law professor Robert Condlin (Maryland) sent me this video of Stevenson's address about "changing the world" (it starts at about 2 hours and 12 minutes).  It's a very powerful and essentially Christian message, although he never once mentions what would actually be required to change the world.  He does a very good job emphasizing the extraordinary mistreatment of African-Americans in this country, a useful reminder for those who think affirmative action is about "diversity" rather than justice for the victims of world-historic wrongdoing.

 

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