November 29, 2013
In Defense of Hobby Lobby
I’m busy finishing up my new book, Beyond Separation: Uniting Liberal Politics and Public Faith (Routledge, 2014), so I haven’t been blogging as much as usual. But a new Slate…
Author: Kevin Vallier
November 06, 2013
Property Rights Are Kinda Different
Well, my next post was going to troll you all really hard by arguing that disagreements about sexual morality are reasonable. Then Bas had to come along and upset my…
October 31, 2013
Hayek on Hayek on Rawls
Obviously people on this blog like both Hayek and social justice. One thing we sometimes observe is that Hayek made kind remarks about Rawls’s conception of justice in Volume II…
October 24, 2013
Contemporary Christian Philosophy: A Primer
My two posts arguing that Christian belief is reasonable brought out precisely the sorts of incredulity I expected. In return, I thought I’d introduce you to some of the work…
October 21, 2013
False, Reasonable, Practical Reason-Generating Beliefs
My last post set off a bit of a firestorm, which I expected. Following J’s friendly amendment, I thought I’d write up something quick to explain a bit more what…
October 16, 2013
Christian Belief is Reasonable, So Respect It
I’m a big believer in reasonable pluralism, the notion that there are deep, pervasive disagreements about morality, politics and religion that are the unavoidable result of practical reasoning in a…