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Controversial Ideas and “No Platforming” with Jeff McMahan

Controversial Ideas and “No Platforming” with Jeff McMahan

FromWhy We Argue


Controversial Ideas and “No Platforming” with Jeff McMahan

FromWhy We Argue

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jeff McMahan is White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. His research focuses broadly on moral and political philosophy, and is perhaps best known for his work on the moral issues surrounding killing and letting die.
The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project.
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Released:
Mar 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (62)

Hosted by political philosopher and Vanderbilt University professor Robert Talisse, Why We Argue is an interview podcast that brings in academics, philosophers, historians, journalists, politicians, and other notable public figures to think about the nature of truth in a time of viral misinformation. Created by Future of Truth, a project of the University of Connecticut's Humanities Institute and funded by the University of Connecticut, the Henry Luce Foundation, and Vanderbilt University.