Showing posts with label Duke University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duke University. Show all posts

Monday, May 23, 2011

Ruth Grant asks "What does a good life look like?"

The first of my two interviews with Duke political scientist and philosopher Ruth Grant occurred on Jan. 12, 2011. There was too much material from even that one interview to squeeze into my magazine article about her work, so here’s a transcript for your reading pleasure.

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Cramming goodness into a box

My story on Duke Professor Ruth Grant is now online at the University of Chicago Magazine.

Monday, November 15, 2010

The most fellow of fellow travelers

One of the things that has frustrated the heck out of me has been my inability to find anyone else who’s walking the goodness trail. I can find lots of people slogging through the muddy woods to find happiness or understand evil, but goodness seems to be a topic smeared with skunk. Today I’m pleased to report that I’ve just discovered Dr. Ruth Grant of Duke University who’s also wading knee-deep through the ethical and psychological confusion of goodness. (Hello, Dr. Grant!)

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