KERA's Think

What Grandstanding Says About You


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It starts with an innocent post on Twitter. A few hours later, the conversation has devolved into one self-righteous argument after another. It’s time to take a hard look at our language of virtue signaling. Justin Tosi, assistant professor of philosophy at Texas Tech University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why getting off the soapbox is the best way to make the world a better place. His book, written with Brandon Warmke, is “Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk.” 
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