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		<title>46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after all, despite the pandemic, there has been lots of interesting stuff published in the &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March 2016 Interview on MS Flag</title>
		<link>http://ericthomasweber.org/march-2016-interview-on-ms-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[etweber@gmail.com]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commercial Appeal, March 12, 2016. I now recall giving an interview that I had completely forgotten about. As I had written on the MS state flag, a reporter called me from The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN&#8217;s major newspaper. To those not from the region, Memphis is the closest big city for many folks living in northern Mississippi. In fact, lots [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/march-2016-interview-on-ms-flag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Respect and a Sense of Positive Power [Essay]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[etweber@gmail.com]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journal of Speculative Philosophy 30, Issue 1 (2016): 45-63.. My regular, public writing is starting up again, as we&#8217;re getting settled in. Over the course of a few busy months, some of my pieces have come out in academic outlets, like the essay I posted last week. Here&#8217;s a further piece published this year (2016) in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. It&#8217;s titled &#8220;Self-Respect [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/self-respect-and-a-sense-of-positive-power-essay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: US Judge Carlton Reeves on “Race and Moral Leadership”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 22:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;m finally catching up with my grant reporting obligations, I&#8217;m returning to work from October of 2015. We snagged some nice pictures of Judge Reeves while he was here and we recorded the video of the open forum discussion we held. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of Mississippi&#8217;s southern district caught my attention [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/video-us-judge-carlton-reeves-on-race-and-moral-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Interview on WDAM TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a delightful time in Hattiesburg, MS this January. My first stop while in town was at WDAM TV&#8217;s studio for the Midday News on Channel 7. I had the great pleasure of talking with Miranda Beard, who invited me to tell people about&#160;Uniting Mississippi and who announced my talk at the University of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/fun-interview-on-wdam-tv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Justice as an Evolving Regulative Ideal”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journal article published in <strong>Pragmatism Today</strong>, Volume 6, Issue 2 (2015): 105-116.. I&#8217;m happy to announced that my latest paper, as of December 2015, has been published in&#160;Pragmatism Today, the peer-reviewed journal&#160;of the Central-European Pragmatist Forum. This paper is a step in the larger project of my book in progress, A Culture of Justice. &#160; Title:&#160;&#8220;Justice as an Evolving Regulative Ideal.&#8221; Abstract: In this paper, I argue [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/justice-as-an-evolving-regulative-ideal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I have been writing&#160;A Culture of Justice, so many examples have come up to illustrate what I&#8217;m concerned about. The latest is from Charlie Brown. At the same time, it&#8217;s true that culture is a funny thing to think about when it comes to justice. When I first read Plato&#8217;s&#160;Republic, I found it so [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/designs-on-kids-and-culture-cartoons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reciprocal Goodwill Is Answer to Flag Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 04:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest Clarion Ledger piece, published December 8, 2015, 8A.. My latest piece in the Clarion Ledger&#160;draws on Aristotle&#8217;s insights about friendship, which he called acknowledged reciprocal goodwill. We sure need more of that in Mississippi. Click here&#160;or on the Clarion Ledger logo on the right to read the piece on their Web site. You can also see a scan of the printed piece on [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/reciprocal-goodwill-is-answer-to-flag-issue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Philosophy Is Worth It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 03:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve tried my hand at a few new kinds of public engagement efforts that have borne fruit.&#160;The latest&#160;example for me is&#160;in seeking TV interviews to talk about issues in public philosophy, particularly some ideas about how I think Mississippi could benefit from good democratic leadership. I&#8217;m headed to Tupelo, MS for an interview on WLOV&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/public-philosophy-is-worth-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Judge Reeves speaks at UM”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Oxford Eagle on October 28, 2015. Republished with permission.. I&#8217;m grateful to Lyndy Berryhill of&#160;The Oxford Eagle, who came to our forum with Judge Reeves. She also kindly gave me permission to republish her piece on my page here. Thanks again to the Mississippi Humanities Council and to the College of Liberal Arts for their support for the event! Thanks to Berryhill for coming [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/judge-reeves-speaks-at-um/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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