In this second episode discussing God[s], Greg and Jacques discuss the difference between atheism and agnosticism, whether Jacques is going to hell, and whether we should tell him so.
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What’s god got to do with it?
Greg and Jacques talk about god(s), even though they don’t think they are all that interesting. [But apparently, others disagree.]
Free speech #4: no-platforming, hateful bigots, and restorative justice
On no-platforming and the Flemming Rose case at UCT; Penny Sparrow; Velaphi Khumalo; legal responses to hateful speech; and how free speech controversies might be used to foster restorative justice.
Free speech #3: Censorship, Steve Hofmeyr (and the elections)
In the third episode of who knows how many in a series [allegedly] about free speech, Greg and Jacques talk about the election results, Steve Hofmeyr and Multichoice, censorship, and other things.
Free speech #2: absolute principles and civil disobedience
We talk about absolute principles, negative and positive liberties, and whether Patricia de Lille stole your contact information.
Free Speech #1 – Why do we value it?
In the first episode of a series on free speech, Greg and Jacques speak about why we consider free speech valuable, and provide an overview of a classic liberal defence of free speech.
On patriotism
Greg and Jacques talk about patriotism, and whether there are ever good reasons to be patriotic.
White privilege, part 3
In the final segment on white privilege, we talk about how to deal with people on the street asking for money, and whether quotas in sport are a good idea. Musical interludes are edits of Soixante-8 by Obsibilo (under Creative Commons license 3.0) https://media.blubrry.com/squarebrackets/p/squarebrackets.co.za/audio/whiteprivilege3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:27 — 38.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android […]
White privilege, part 2
In the second segment on white privilege, we talk about whether white people have additional responsibilities in terms of dealing with historical injustice. Related links: Greg, on the complexities of charity when giving to people on the street. Eusebius McKaiser and Jacques talk about whether white South Africans have a greater duty to call out […]
White privilege, part 1
Greg and Jacques talk about white privilege, and whether guilt is a) necessary and b) necessarily crippling.