On today's episode we cover:
- The details of the Wilfrid Laurier University controversy. (1:00)
- Should people be allowed to discuss topics that may offend or should those with whom we disagree be silenced? (16:00)
- What's more important: feeling or knowing? Should we protect people's feelings at the cost of obscuring reality? (28:00)
- Is it possible for society as we know it to exist free from difficult conversations and thereby emotional strain? (33:00)
- What were Jordan Peterson's offensive remarks at the heart of the Wilfrid Laurier controversy? (42:00)
- What role do other people have in reinforcing one's identity? What are the limits of freedom of expression? (46:00)
- What is language and how does it change? What is the purpose of pronouns? How are language and pronouns viewed differently in French? (1:00:00)