This past summer, I’ve had the opportunity to observe, read, think and talk quite a bit about citizenship. It’s been a topic I’m increasingly concerned about in the American political context. While there are some reasons to be hopeful that the last presidential election helps us towards rediscovering citizenship, there’s work to be done in understanding just what it is.
Rediscovering Citizenship Read More »
I don’t want to underemphasize the real panic and anger people felt (and still feel), but as I watch the results of the 2016 Election unfold in the form of a Trump administration, I’ve been heartened by one big takeaway: We’re all talking about constitutional citizenship now.
1 Year Later: 5 Counterintuitive Reasons to be Hopeful After the 2016 Election Read More »
It’s been over a year since I last published a post on this site. Two reasons for that: I spent the 2016-2017 year of my doctoral program in quantitative methods courses. Not quite essay material. The 2016 presidential election. To say the last election cycle was brutal is an understatement. To say that we understand
Kant’s Perpetual Peace lays out the criteria for global governance, but how do global and regional organizations like the UN and EU measure up?
If Perpetual Peace is a Virtue, Then the EU and UN are Vices Read More »
Admittedly, Aristotle can be hard and Nicomachean Ethics, his work examining virtue, is more difficult (in my opinion) than the Politics. It therefore stands to reason that an easily comprehensible translation is always to be preferred when considering an edition for general reading, discussion, or a class. Overview of the text This particular version of the Ethics is
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics – Review of Bartlett & Collins’ Translation Read More »
