From Social Justice to Social (In)Justice?

I spoke to Eric Pratum for The Unfolding Thought Podcast.

I very much enjoyed speaking to Eric. As he wrote,

”At its core, this is a conversation about intellectual humility. About the discipline of staying curious even when an answer feels obvious. And about the responsibility to keep testing ideas, especially the ones we most want to be true.

Topics Covered

• How ideas shift from open inquiry to unquestioned belief

• The role of language in shaping perception and moral judgment

• Why good intentions do not guarantee good outcomes

• The difference between disagreement and harm

• How moral certainty can suppress curiosity

• The psychological comfort of belonging to a shared ideology

• Why institutions sometimes protect beliefs instead of testing them

• The tension between social justice goals and open debate

• How identity can become fused with ideology

• The importance of intellectual humility in public discourse

• Why skepticism is a form of care, not hostility

• The risk of treating complex problems as morally simple

• How to create cultures that encourage disagreement without hostility”