On Honor and Justice (w/ Tamler Sommers)

Uncertain Things

Tamler Sommers, philosopher and co-host of Very Bad Wizards, joins us just a few days after the insurrection on the Capitol to explain how we got here (spoiler alert: liberalism's over-emphasis on individualism and dignity seriously failed us). He also walks us through some of the controversial arguments in his book — Why Honor Matters — and describes the ways in which honor cultures actually have a lot to teach us (especially in these crazy Covid times) about courage, community, and responsibility.

On the agenda:

* Diagnosing Trump's army

* Honor: What is it?

* Honor v. Religion (see: our interviews w/ Tom Holland and Tomer Persico)

* Anti-Maskers: Freedom fighters or Trump tribalists?

* Honor's bad rap

* What Liberalism Has Wrought — Mass Incarceration

* Conflict Resolution in Honor Cultures

* Restorative Justice in Theory (See “Can Forgiveness Play A Role in Criminal Justice?” and “Conflicts as Property”)

* Vaccine envy, just desserts, and other American depravities

* Restorative Justice in Action (Tamler’s inspirations: ”Forgiveness in Justice” & “Conflicts as Property”)

* Interrupting violence with honor (and a cameo from The Godfather)

* Safety, risk, and damned bicycle helmets

* On Covid theater and authoritarian control

* Tamler's beef with philosophy

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