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Tilghman considers herself an optimist, but does feel globally optimistic. She doesn't feel that the right people are stepping up to leadership, and can't see solutions to major issues because […]
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Tilghman says that there are many forces that have shaped humanity such as evolution, natural selection, technology, the Internet, and our ability to create a more comfortable environment. She feels […]
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Tilghman says that one philosopher who she feels "gets it" is a fellow faculty member names Kwame Anthony Appiah. He has written about the nature of ethnic, national, and religious […]
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Tilghman is inspired by people who strive for excellence, who dream, who have big ideas and are not concerned with obstacles, and who can execute their big ideas.
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Tilghman was born and grew up in Toronto, Canada. She feels that Canada's policies of putting the group before the individual has definitely influenced her. She also mentions that her […]
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The US is wholly unique culture that has grown out of an enlightened liberal tradition.
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Not broken but not working as well as it should.
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Freedom according to Peter Beinart.
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Democracy is essentially a good thing for the world.
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America's obligation to protect other countries and vice versa.
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The challenges of imposing intellectual order on human actions.