Jurisprudence
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Why philosophy has been central to legal education
Now in Turkish.
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The many academic defenders of the inequality at the core of our current religious exemptions jurisprudence…
…had better speak out forcefully about the latest in religious-inspired anarchy.
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“Legal Realisms, Old and New”
This was the 2012 Seegers Lecture in Jurisprudence at Valparaiso, now on-line courtesy of their Law Review.
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On the “social goods” allegedly promoted by religion
Prof. Mark Movsesian (St. John's) tries to respond to the "religion is not special" view (that I, Eisgruber & Sager, and Schwartzmann, among others, defend) in this blog posting. Here is the crux of his claim: Religion, especially communal religion, provides important benefits for everyone in the liberal state—even the non-religious. Religion encourages people to…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” reviewed in the Philosophical Review
The review is by philosopher Samuel Rickless (UC San Diego); Philosophical Review is the leading philosophy journal in English. Professor Rickless writes that Why Tolerate Religion?, is short, an enjoyable read, accessible to the generally educated public but alive to a number of sophisticated philosophical ideas and distinctions, its prose crisp and straightforward, its attitude…
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“Toleration: Its Nature and Justification”
Video of a keynote from a conference in Rhode Island last fall.
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New preface to the forthcoming paperback edition of…
…Why Tolerate Religion? (Princeton University press, cloth edition 2013, paper edition forthcoming 2014).
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Philosophy in law schools…
…at The Huffington Post.
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American legal education…
…the first 150 years.
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” at Philosophy Talk radio
Here this week (middle column, click on the free live stream). John Perry and Ken Taylor (philosophers at Stanford who host the show) and I had fun!
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” redux
Since we recently commented on a not very edifying review, here's a new one that is both informative and (almost entirely) accurate about the arguments in the book (see it's not that hard!) and makes some fair criticisms. ADDENDUM: Given the time of year, I should note that Why Tolerate Religion? will fit nicely in most…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” has clearly touched a nerve: some comments on Michael McConnell’s review
Why Tolerate Religion? has had a good 12 months, with almost 3,000 copies sold, nice reviews in the popular media in Britain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and elsewhere, and French and Italian translations already in the works (and an English paperback edition next fall). While "new atheist" types have generally been critical of me for not being intolerant of…
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“Why Tolerate Religion?” at Chicago
A video of a talk given as part of our "Best Ideas" series, in which faculty talking about their work for about 25 minutes and then answer student questions for another half hour or so. It was a lot of fun, and some readers might enjoy it.
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“The Truth is Terrible”
This was the annual Epes Humanities Lecture at Davidson College, which some readers here might perhaps enjoy. (Some law colleagues told me they did enjoy it, so I'm posting it here as well.)
Sorry, in the *20* years since it was published.