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Saturday Jan 15, 2022
The Responsibilities of Political Office
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
We reflect on President Biden’s voting rights speech and vaccine mandate in light Aristotle’s teaching on the functions of legislative, executive, and judicial offices.
Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
Opening and closing music from the beginning and end of “2020 Vision (Worse than Blind)” by Fred Lancia. Used with permission.
Opening (0:52) - We talk about our Christmas breaks, Omicron, and Dave’s state-of-the-school address.
Required Reading (5:18) - We conclude our discussion of Book IV of The Politics with Aristotle’s reflections on the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government, applying them to President Biden’s Atlanta speech on voting rights and the debate over the constitutionality of the federal vaccine mandate. Links: Aristotle, The Politics; President Biden’s speech; The Supreme Court and the vaccine mandate; The Job Safety Law of 1970; Corbin and Swanson on Aristotle’s Politics.
Tocqueville’s Crystal Ball (29:04) - We review the good, the bad, and ugly of our preseason NFL picks and make our predictions for the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
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Matt Parks is the Interim Provost and an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College in New York City. David Corbin is Head of School at the Geneva School of Boerne, Texas. All views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker.
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