As a professor trained primarily in Christian Ethics, there is plenty that I find absolutely horrifying about some of the most powerful and popular appearances of Christianity in the United States.
When I was in grad school for my PhD in philosophy, I argued in a paper that Socrates was not being ironic in relation to Euthyphro, but instead took him seriously as a possible source of truth. That Euthyphro didn't have good arguments was, I suggested, disappointing to Socrates's hope for the engagement. My professor's written response to the paper was simple: "Nope. Euthyphro was a boob and Socrates knew it." I think the same applies to our engagement with J.D. Vance.
When I was in grad school for my PhD in philosophy, I argued in a paper that Socrates was not being ironic in relation to Euthyphro, but instead took him seriously as a possible source of truth. That Euthyphro didn't have good arguments was, I suggested, disappointing to Socrates's hope for the engagement. My professor's written response to the paper was simple: "Nope. Euthyphro was a boob and Socrates knew it." I think the same applies to our engagement with J.D. Vance.
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