Hugh LaFollette

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Hugh LaFollette


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LaFollette grew up in Nashville, TN. After graduating from (the now defunct)Isaac Litton High School, he attended Belmont College(now University). He graduated in 1970 with a major in psychology and a minor in speech and theater.

After fours years of college, he met the renowned editor John Seigenthaler of The Tennessean, and decided to give reporting a shot. Initially he served as a general assignment reporter. After a couple of months, he became the "Metro Beat" reporter: he covered the administration and council of the Metropolitan Nashville government. Occasionally he also covered the courts. But after two and a half years, he decided to take a leave of absence to take some philosophy graduate courses at Vanderbilt University.

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Ethics in Practice Third Ed...

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LaFollette Ethical Theory

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Personal Relationships: Lov...

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The Practice of Ethics

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In Defense of Gun Control

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“Reason is not some external power which dictates how we should behave, but an internal power, integral to who we are ... Reason does not command that we love anyone. Nonetheless, reason is vital in determining whom we love and why we love them.”
Hugh LaFollette, Personal Relationships: Love, Identity, and Morality



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