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- Feed Preview Micah Watson, Author at Public Discourse
Losing Our Religion and the Fracturing of American Evangelicalism
Moore’s writing is something of a memoir and a testimony, in good evangelical fashion, taking us back to the heartfelt and fervent faith of his youth and through what can only be described as a...
Ryan Anderson on a Decade of Debates, the Future of Conservatism, and a Time to Grow
Micah Watson and Ryan Anderson look back on his Piers Morgan interview, how the debate on same-sex marriage played out, what that might mean for our debates on transgender ideology, the nature of...
Hopeful Realism: Renewing Evangelical Political Morality
Throughout the twentieth century, American evangelicals have neglected the natural law tradition, leaving us without a serious and coherent grounding for our political deliberations and judgments...
Public Discourse and the Need for Reason, Good Government, and Moral Realism
The texts I reflect on illuminate core themes of Public Discourse’s work: cultivating a proper understanding of reason, appreciating the indispensability of moral formation, and framing law aro...
How Do Christians Know When Their Understanding of Scriptural Teaching Needs to Change? Ten Questions to Consider.
We should be very wary of changing our minds about a teaching or practice that has been taught clearly, continuously, and authoritatively on the basis of scripture throughout the history and brea...
The Best Defense Is a Good Offense: C.S. Lewis’s Abolition of Man
A new critical commentary on Lewis’s classic 1943 work provides a treasure trove of interpretation and supplementary material. Lewis’s warnings about the consequences of jettisoning natural l...
C.S. Lewis and Aristotle on Civic Friendship
Aristotle described three types of friendship. In a season of increased polarization and even calls for incivility from national political leaders, perhaps we need a fourth.
Prisoners in the American Cave
Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed is a provocative attempt to explain what’s wrong with our culture, how this came to be, and what might be done about it. Although his historical account...
To Defend or Defund? Evangelicals Go Wobbly on Planned Parenthood, Public Justice, and Moral Judgment
Despite arguments to the contrary, pro-lifers simply cannot support federal funding for Planned Parenthood. If the price for a seat at the public justice table is taxpayer funding for the nation�...
“Conservative” Judicial Activism for Gay Marriage: With Amici Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
A group of distinguished conservative public servants, policy makers, and political operatives has signed an amicus brief saying the US Constitution requires the states to redefine marriage. They...
Neo vs. the Karate Kid
The Matrix and The Karate Kid offer two competing views of the relationship between how we learn and how we understand human nature.
John Locke and the Evangelical Retreat from Marriage
John Locke’s philosophy gives no support to those who would seek to endorse same-sex civil marriage.
Health, Safety, and Morals
Whether the case involves pornography or genocide, there are times when authorities must intervene to protect human interests.
Why We Can’t Help But Legislate Morality
All legislation is moral. The sooner we recognize this fact, the better.
Making Men Moral
Earlier this year scholars gathered at Union University for a conference considering the work of Robert P. George in his 1994 book Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. One theme...
Is the Abortion Debate Over?
The philosophical debate about abortion has reached a welcome level of clarity. The pro-life movement must capitalize on recent gains in public policy and opinion by equipping their grass-roots s...