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Books

A Social Theory of Freedom by Mariam Thalos

We dive into the crosscurrents of society and identity, as Matt Teichman is captured by an idea of freedom.

I have a lot of friends who are professional moral philosophers. Perversely, all they ever seem to do is complain about how boring moral philosophy is – specifically, the moral philosophy articles published in top-ranked academic journals. These tracts of intellectual legalese aren’t written to be read, the story goes; they’re written for the purpose of making a case rather than for the purpose of being interesting. They must contain every theoretically imaginable response to every theoretically imaginable objection. Of course, the fact that their article was accepted for publication is a fine addition to an author’s curriculum vitae.

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