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Monthly Archives: November 2019
how to think about the self (Buddhist and Kantian perspectives)
Facebook11 Twitter2 Google+0Total: 13I. Buddhist arguments A Buddhist argument for “no self” goes like this: Look inward–as hard as you want–for some unchanging “I” or “self.” You cannot find it. All you’ll find are physical sensations, feelings, perceptions, volitions, and … Continue reading
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judgment in a world of power and institutions: outline of a view
Facebook8 Twitter3 Google+0Total: 11 Judgment or practical reason (i.e., deciding what is right to do) means forming beliefs about facts, values, and strategies. It is sometimes worth trying to isolate the factual beliefs in order to test them empirically. But … Continue reading
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talking about gerrymandering and political reform on WCAI (Cape Cod and Islands)
Facebook10 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 11I was on Mindy Todd’s show The Point yesterday, for a program on “Strengthening our Representative Democracy.” The other two guests were David Daley, author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy,” … Continue reading
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two important opportunities through APSA
Facebook10 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 11The American Political Science Association’s Research Partnerships on Critical Issues program offers up to $20,000 for “proposals aimed at developing research-based projects that bring academics and practitioners together to tackle critical issues concerning citizens across the globe.” … Continue reading
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discuss impeachment in high school–but not only impeachment
Facebook31 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 32As impeachment dominates the headlines, many social studies teachers are assigning it as a topic of discussion and analysis in their classrooms. That is appropriate. Since students and their families are already discussing impeachment, it is a … Continue reading
new Civic Engagement section for the American Political Science Association
Facebook53 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 54Elizabeth Bennion (Indiana University – South Bend), Richard Davis (Brigham Young University), and I have proposed a new APSA Organized Section on Civic Engagement. It will promote the teaching of and scholarship about civic engagement through sponsorship … Continue reading
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an agenda for political reform in Massachusetts
Facebook10 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 11Today at the Boston Foundation, MassINC & Tisch College released our report on reforming state government in Massachusetts. The major theme is that a small number of people who lack the diversity of our state dominate the … Continue reading
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in defense of (some) implicit bias
Facebook18 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 19I hope that if there were an implicit bias test for Nazism, I would demonstrate a strong negative bias. Shown rapid-fire images of swastikas and Nazi leaders, I would be unable to associate them with positive words … Continue reading
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on baseball as an analogy for civics
Facebook7 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 8(DCA) Yesterday at the “Future of Civics” event presented by The Atlantic and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, I got to hear Paul Finkelman present the same argument he had made recently … Continue reading
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the Oberlin cultural appropriation controversy, revisited
Facebook17 Twitter1 Google+0Total: 18(Washington, DC) In 2016, I began a blog post: The Oberlin College Cultural Appropriation Controversy is almost certainly getting more attention than it deserves because it reinforces critiques of political correctness in higher education. Nevertheless, it provides an interesting … Continue reading
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