Donald Trump’s Unexamined Life
One of the scariest aspects of Donald Trump's presidency – beyond his many flawed policy proposals – is that he is ignorant of his own ignorance. His lack of self-awareness speaks to an epistemological arrogance that we tolerate in children, but do not expect to find in educated adults, especially those holding high office.
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MADISON – In the Euthyphro, one of Plato’s early dialogues, Socrates travels to the Athenian court to defend himself against trumped-up charges that he has corrupted the city’s youth and does not believe in the gods. Just before he gets there, he has an encounter that sheds powerful light on what may be US President Donald Trump’s most important shortcoming.