Teresa Bejan on Virtue

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Yascha Mounk and Teresa Bejan discuss the secret history of free speech and why the word “problematic” is problematic. Teresa Bejan is a professor of political theory at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Oriel College. She is the author of Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration and the forthcoming First Among Equals, which explores ideas of equality before modern egalitarianism. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Teresa Bejan discuss how liberals should think about the role of virtue in society; why a robust culture of free speech requires more than just legal protections; and why "mere" civility is the key to unlocking a broader conception of tolerance. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In a statement about the new film The Apprentice, Stephen Chung of the Trump campaign said it belongs in a dumpster fire.
0:07.0	There are winners.
0:08.0	There are losers.
0:09.0	This film should not see the light of day.
0:11.0	How do you win?
0:12.0	You have to be willing to do anything. not see the light of day. How do you win?
0:12.5	You have to be willing to do anything.
0:14.7	Critics are calling it tremendous.
0:16.7	It's going to be spectacular.
0:18.1	And a damn good movie.
0:19.5	I admit nothing, deny everything.
0:21.8	The apprentice, the movie Donald Trump doesn't want you to see.
0:25.0	I'm not taught.
0:26.6	Exclusively in cinemas now, rated 15.
0:30.9	If you look cut it historically, a tolerant society cannot pick and choose its materials and remain tolerant for long.
0:37.6	It's precisely the putting up with the thing we regard as objectionable,
0:43.3	including forms of religious, cultural,
0:49.3	sort of social intolerance that we regard to subjection.
0:53.0	And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.
1:00.0	My guest today is Teresa Bejan.
1:03.4	Teresa is professor of political theory at Oxford University where she's also a fellow of
1:09.7	oral college. She is the author of mere civility, disagreement, and the limits of tolerance.
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