I’ll write more about this soon. I’m still processing what we saw there. It was harshly jarring for my sense of what human beings are capable of doing – not one or a few troubling individuals, but a coordinated secret police force. Truly sobering. The experience was visceral. The gate door to the camp reads…
It is easy today to find examples of things that are simply marvels of human invention and brilliance. The everyday cellphone today is a pretty amazing instrument, considering all that one can do. This past week, I had a chance to see an exhibit of replicas of the items that were found in the tomb…
No State is permanently safe except on a foundation of justice. And justice cannot be fundamentally in contradiction with the essence of democracy.
In August of 2013, I participated in an interview with Swedish National TV News service, SVT Nyheter, on the subject of corporal punishment in Mississippi schools. If you click on the video here above, you’ll see their piece from the start. You can also jump to my interview, 2 min’s in (the rest of the piece is in…
I am an alumnus of SIUC’s Ph.D. program in philosophy. I am writing to urge you to continue full support for the Center for Dewey Studies. I understand that the center has been asked to prepare a budgetary plan for a reduction of its support by 50 percent. Were that reduction to be applied, it…
I have had some pretty remarkable experiences at the University of Mississippi, as well as some wonderful students to work with (Yes, I end sometimes with a preposition). It’s deeply meaningful to see one’s students so honored and successful.
The group was from Dallas’s ‘s Uplift Education charter schools. We met in Bryant Hall, where we talked a little bit about my field, philosophy. I explained the major branches of philosophy, and then we talked about how practical philosophy is or can be. To illustrate that, we covered a controversial case in medical ethics,…
This piece, published in 2014, represents an important early step in a book project in progress, titled A Culture of Justice. Abstract In this essay, I review the writings of three philosophers whose work con-verges on the insight that we must attend to and reconstruct culture for the sake of justice. John Rawls, John Dewey, and Richard…
[featured-image link=”http://philosophybakesbread.com/2015/07/31/ep3-coping-with-uncertainty/” link_single=”http://philosophybakesbread.com/2015/07/31/ep3-coping-with-uncertainty/” single_newwindow=”true”]Episode 3 of Philosophy Bakes Bread is out! It’s called “Coping with Uncertainty.” You can listen to it here, visit the podcast site’s page for the episode, or subscribe to the podcast’s RSS feed here. Or, you can also download it to listen to it later. iTunes has it updated there too,…
This new site has tons of social media networking tools, and will make it easy for me to share videos and other new media, like podcasts, etc., on the Web quickly and easily. Check it all out and let me know what you think. I’ll be posting new stuff as usual, as well as getting some…
Check out the nice brochure that the University Press of Mississippi designed for Uniting Mississippi. Here’s the printable, two-sided PDF file: [button href=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/07/UnitedMS4panel.pdf” primary=”true” centered=”true” newwindow=”true”]Printable 2-page flyer[/button]
Extended version of ESPN’s 2010 Ole Miss Star Wars commercial I’m finally getting around to posting videos that I’ve done or been in. This one is mainly cute, not a contribution to public philosophy… It was fun to do. I come in around 3 minutes in, for the extended version of the ad, but my soundbite…