This article looks at why moral philosophers don’t seem more moral than anyone else, and gives an answer that I think is correct—and which dovetails my own thinking about the need to go back to viewing ethics as a practice.
https://blog.apaonline.org/2019/12/10/why-arent-ethicists-more-ethical/Why Aren’t Ethicists More Ethical? | Blog of the APA
Nice try, but that image is clearly AI generated.
I’m fascinated by the different age distributions Spotify shows me for listeners of my ReImagining Liberty podcast. The first is for my discussion of the ethical questions of democratic participation, and the second is on distinguishing liberalism and progressivism.
Much of what's wrong with contemporary politics is that we approach political questions without an understanding of values, ethical perspective, and rhetoric. Better political conversations begin with those in mind. That's what I do on my podcast, ReImagining Liberty, where every episode I talk with someone about both the big ideas in politics and also the more subtle ones behind the big debates. Check it out especially now in the lead up to the election. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
Journalists and thought leaders primarily active on X/Twitter often think that X is still representative of the general discourse. That's bad for their own ethical character and for the character of the country. Read it here:
https://www.reimaginingliberty.com/twitter-x-as-a-bubble-for-bad-ethics/
Twitter/X as a Bubble for Bad Ethics
X is no longer representative of the national discourse. But many of our journalists and thought leaders believe it is—and that's bad for them, and for our national character.
The kids went back to school today. It's so quiet. I'm marking the occasion by putting away my trusty sign until next summer.
Well that's it, guys. Pack it in. The whole AI thing is over.
I am disappointed that the band responsible for the best song ever written about something as trendy among the youth as Ohio has only twelve thousand monthly Spotify listeners.
This is the saddest email I've received since moving from DC to Denver. The DC Pen Show is amazing.
I have a new essay about the Democrats' rhetorical pivot to calling the right "weird" and why it seems to be working. Read it here:
https://www.reimaginingliberty.com/p/works-call-weird
Why It Works to Call Them Weird
Shifting political talk from policy to values
