Robert George

Political Philosopher

Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University

Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. He has served as chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He was a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. He is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Citizens Medal and the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland.

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Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground

With David Brooks, Howard Dean, Robert George, Melissa Harris-Perry

December 7, 2017

Do conservative or liberal philosophies lead to more just outcomes? Opposing moral philosophies have long fueled debate about America’s policy goals and national identity. For conservatives, morality is grounded in ideals such as patriotism, including a respect for order and authority; fairness and liberty in the sense that an individual’s actions yield just rewards, or consequences; and reverence for the sanctity of religious and moral tradition. Liberals place moral emphasis on caring: for the poor, the disadvantaged, and the marginalized;…

Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground

With David Brooks, Howard Dean, Robert George, Melissa Harris-Perry

December 7, 2017

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