Posted on February 4, 2010, 8:40 pm, by profpam, under
Civil Disobedience,
Constitutional Law,
Contemporary Philosophers,
Democracry,
Lawrence Lessig,
Politics,
Thoreau,
US Supreme Court.
We had a rollicking time in class today. Heather, on of our TA’s, gave a great follow-up presentation on argumentation. But the “star” of the day was “himself”! That one: Mr. Thoreau. I admit I got a tad bit carried away. But it was for a good cause: just to make Thoreau “come alive”.
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It’s for a worthy cause. Otherwise, I simply can’t fathom doing it myself. I’m glad to see that the topic is democracy.
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