Muldoon: Reimagining the Civic Commons
Published March 14, 2023
Ryan Muldoon discusses "How Diverse Places Build Trust and Support Democracy" in an interview featured on Medium's forum, Reimagining the Civic Commons. Medium is an open platform that has over 100 million readers who visit the site to find insightful and dynamic thinking. In the interview, Muldoon' observes: "Disagreement and debate — in which we are having a kind of democratic back and forth with people who think differently — helps us get a better idea of what the problems actually are in our society. It also helps us see whether we identify as having the same problems and then, what solutions to problems might look like." Read full interview.
Faculty Profile
Ryan Muldoon
PhD
Areas of Specialization
PPE; Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Ethics.
Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Specialization
PPE; Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Ethics.
Current Research
Muldoon's research aim has been developing New Diversity Theory, a novel approach to social and political philosophy that he first began developing in his 2016 book Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World. His work emphasizes the value of diversity, dynamism and discovery. His work, which ranges from political philosophy to the philosophy of science, relies on the tools and insights of the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Courses
- Model-Based Reasoning
- Political Philosophy
Selected Publications
- Social Contract Theory For a Diverse World: Beyond Tolerance (Routledge)
- "The Paradox of Diversity” (2018) Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy Vol 16.
- “Harnessing Diversity, Dynamism, and Discovery” (2024) in New Approaches to Social Contract Theory: Liberty, Equality, Diversity, and the Open Society (Moehler and Thrasher, ed.).