T. M. Scanlon's guest appearances

T. M. Scanlon

The Good Fight

The Dickson Poon School of Law

Human Rights (Audio)

Human Rights (Video)

Five Questions

David Velleman

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Michael Ignatieff

Jonathan Haidt

Mark Blyth

Jake Sullivan

Cory Doctorow

Elif Shafak

Michele Moody-Adams

Tommie Shelby

Nicholas Christakis

Francis Fukuyama

John McWhorter

Helen Lewis

Thomas Piketty

OwlTail

T. M. Scanlon, one of the world's preeminent moral philosophers, was Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard University until his retirement. In his seminal work, What We Owe to Each Other, Scanlon gives a liberal account of how to reason through what it takes to act justly in matters of morality as well as politics.In this week’s conversation, T. M. Scanlon and Yascha Mounk discuss the true meaning of tolerance, how to decide whether an action is morally right or wrong, and why the question of free will isn’t as important as you might think. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: podcast@persuasion.community Website: http://www.persuasion.communityPodcast production by John Taylor Williams, and Brendan RuberryConnect with us!Spotify | Apple | GoogleTwitter: @Yascha_Mounk &amp; @joinpersuasionYoutube: Yascha MounkLinkedIn: Persuasion CommunityLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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T. M. Scanlon on What We Owe to Each Other

I ask the philosopher T. M. Scanlon five questions about himself.  Tim Scanlon is the Emeritus Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard. He is the author of several books, including “What We Owe to Each Other” (1998), “Moral Dimensions” (2009), and “Why Does Inequality Matter?” (2018).

I ask the philosopher T. M. Scanlon five questions about himself. Tim Scanlon is the Emeritus Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard. He is the author of several books, including “What We Owe to Each Other” (1998), “Moral Dimensions” (2009), and “Why Does Inequality Matter?” (2018).

The term ‘identity’ figures prominently in a wide range of contemporary discussions, ranging from abstract philosophical theories about practical reason to debates about partisan politics. It is often claimed that individuals have special reason to do certain things, such as to follow certain ways of life, because this is part of their identity. It may also be claimed that people have special reason to promote the interests of others with whom they share an identity. (This, is one thing that may be meant by “identity politics.”) Finally, there is the question of national identity, of what it means to be an American, or British. Professor T. M. Scanlon asks what is involved in being a matter of identity in these various senses and how identity in these senses can be relevant to the reasons that people have.T.M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University. He has published papers on freedom of expression, the nature of rights, conceptions of welfare, and theories of justice, as well as on foundational questions in moral theory. His two most recent books are 'Being Realistic About Reasons' (Oxford University Press, 2014) and 'Why does Inequality Matter?' (Oxford University Press, 2018).This talk was organised by the YTL Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.The music used in this podcast is called Apollo1 by Olivier Girardot and it is licensed under Creative Commons.---------------------------------------------Follow The Dickson Poon School of Law here for more videos and podcasts:Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheDicksonPoonSchoolofLaw/Twitter: twitter.com/KCL_LawInstagram: www.instagram.com/kcl_law/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-dickson-poon-school-of-law/YouTube: www.youtube.com/kcl_law

The term ‘identity’ figures prominently in a wide range of contemporary discussions, ranging from abstract philosophical theories about practical reason to debates about partisan politics. It is often claimed that individuals have special reason to do certain things, such as to follow certain ways of life, because this is part of their identity. It may also be claimed that people have special reason to promote the interests of others with whom they share an identity. (This, is one thing that may be meant by “identity politics.”) Finally, there is the question of national identity, of what it means to be an American, or British. Professor T. M. Scanlon asks what is involved in being a matter of identity in these various senses and how identity in these senses can be relevant to the reasons that people have. T.M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University. He has published papers on freedom of expression, the nature of rights, conceptions of welfare, and theories of justice, as well as on foundational questions in moral theory. His two most recent books are 'Being Realistic About Reasons' (Oxford University Press, 2014) and 'Why does Inequality Matter?' (Oxford University Press, 2018). This talk was organised by the YTL Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. The music used in this podcast is called Apollo1 by Olivier Girardot and it is licensed under Creative Commons. --------------------------------------------- Follow The Dickson Poon School of Law here for more videos and podcasts: Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheDicksonPoonSchoolofLaw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/TheDicksonPoonSchoolofLaw/</a> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/KCL_Law" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/KCL_Law</a> Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/kcl_law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/kcl_law/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-dickson-poon-school-of-law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-dickson-poon-school-of-law/</a> YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/kcl_law" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/kcl_law</a>

Professor T. M. Scanlon: Ideas of Identity