Shuttling between economics and political philosophy, public policy and theology, literature and ethics—the conference paraded the unique strength of the intellectual Catholicism today—no discipline out of bounds, no perspective non grata.
Returning to base, Davis and the other pilots heard their orders for the next day: Attack Kiska Harbor with everything they had regardless of the weather.
Erasing every ugly reality from view might make life a little more pleasant for the currently fortunate, but it makes for irresponsible governance and cold-hearted citizens.
That Edvard Munch never met Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the great missed encounters of the modern age.
If by “prejudice” Sandel means “subjective understanding,” then I’m not entirely sure it needs defending.