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Michael Walzer

Professor Emeritus, The Institute for Advanced Study

Michael Walzer: The Free Market and Morality 8:31 Discuss
Michael Walzer on His Essays 2:26 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Adam Smith 1:37 Discuss
Michael Walzer on World’s Potential for Democracy 2:24 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Improving Education 1:55 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Democracy Promotion 3:06 Discuss
Michael Walzer: What is the common good? 2:11 Discuss
Which philosophers have passed the test of time? 1:09 Discuss
Michael Walzer: Philosophy in a Modern World 3:20 Discuss
Michael Walzer: Has scientific progress changed your understanding of morality? 1:08 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Identity and Cultural Subjectivity 5:57 Discuss
Michael Walzer: Is there a clash of civilizations? 1:49 Discuss
Michael Walzer: The Global Resurgence of Religious Alliances 5:04 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Just War and Humanitarian Intervention 1:47 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Just War and Terrorism 1:01 Discuss
Michael Walzer: U.S. Treatment of Enemy Combatants 3:11 Discuss
What is a Just War? 2:59 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Just War in Iraq 8:48 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Just War in the Gulf War 2:01 Discuss
Michael Walzer on Just War Theory 4:58 Discuss
Michael Walzer: Which candidate has the best foreign policy positions? 2:27 Discuss
Michael Walzer: What is the most dangerous idea in this campaign? 1:42 Discuss
Michael Walzer on the Presidential Candidates 2:47 Discuss
Michael Walzer: What are the greatest inequalities in the American political system? 2:38 Discuss
Michael Walzer: What is justice? 1:26 Discuss
Michael Walzer: What Interests Michael Walzer? 1:32 Discuss
Michael Walzer: Who are you? 6:44 Discuss

About Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer is one of America's leading political philosophers. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and editor of Dissent, a left-wing quarterly of politics and culture. He has written on a wide range of topics, including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. He is also a contributing editor to The New Republic and a member of the editorial board of Philosophy & Public Affairs. To date he has written 27 books and has published over 300 articles, essays, and book reviews. He is a member of several philosophical organizations including the American Philosophical Society.

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