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Hacking StateHacking State 53 - Charles Herrman: Duties of Honor vs. Rights of DignityIn this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Charles Herman, a philosopher and senior research fellow at the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. We explore a distinction that Charles has been developing, which revolves around the concepts of honor versus dignity cultures. Drawing insights from his Substack post titled “A Short Survey of Honor and Dignity,” we look at how this theoretical framework can help explain significant pairings throughout Western history, including the philosophical debates between Epicureanism and Stoicism, Romanticism versus Classicism, and the modern cultural divide between liberalism and conservatism.To s...2025-05-2759 min
Hacking State53 - Charles Herrman: Duties of Honor vs. Rights of DignityIn this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Charles Herman, a philosopher and senior research fellow at the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. We explore into a distinction that Charles has been developing, which revolves around the concepts of honor versus dignity cultures.
Drawing insights from his Substack post titled “A Short Survey of Honor and Dignity,” we explore how this theoretical framework can help explain significant pairings throughout Western history, including the philosophical debates between Epicureanism and Stoicism, Romanticism versus Classicism, and the modern cultural divide between liberalism and conservatism.
To s...2025-05-2759 min