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Recent writing, conversations and appearances.

A living page bringing together recent essays, conference appearances, videos and developments from the School of Values.

Conference

Amar Murray at the HxCanada Conference in Toronto

The panel “Moral Foundations of the University: Beyond Classical Liberalism” at the University of Toronto, part of a wider conversation about the university and truth-seeking.

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Essay

The Recognition That Changes Nothing

When does acknowledging an error become a substitute for correcting it, and how do institutions shield themselves from the consequences of what they have admitted?

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Essay

When Good Principles Are Not Enough

An inquiry into the limits of protection in the name of values, and the distance between principle and judgment when decisions become difficult.

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Essay

Who Defines the Condition?

On authority that may be obeyed without being sanctified, and who defines the conditions of obedience, review and accountability.

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Video

Ain Ala Alzaman Conversations

Arabic video conversations that read the present through its historical and intellectual roots and consider the possibilities it opens for the future.

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Project

The School of Values

An evolving research project examining how values acquire practical force within institutions and shape decisions and social trajectories.

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