Tradition dictated that one of Immanuel Kant’s responsibilities as professor of metaphysics at the University of Königsberg was to lead…
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When strong is weak
July 9, 2010
It is a testament to the power of the “strong program” image that most commentators on our working paper read…
Commentaries on our age
July 8, 2010
Each contributor [to Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age] delivers a reading of Taylor’s work, helping to evaluate its…
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
April 21, 2010
In my opening post, I suggested that a second assumption underpinning the Chicago Report is that American foreign policy should…
“Sorry comforters” and the new Natural Law
April 12, 2010
I read the Chicago Council Task Force Report, “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy,” as…
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites fake philosopher
February 11, 2010
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites a fabulated philosopher in his latest book De la guerre en philosophie, reports The Irish Times.
Not a foundation but a raft
February 25, 2009
Why should we conclude that God's love for human beings takes the form of attachment love as opposed, for instance,…