Philosophy: Why we can't get along without it

There are Christians, including some Catholics, who imagine that with minds illumined by Christian faith we can get along perfectly well without philosophy. It's not much use, they suggest, especially when it comes to defending ideas about morality and morally-charged issues of law and public policy. Arguments don't cause people to change their minds. And we don't believe what we believe based on arguments anyhow, do we? Sherif Girgis explains the errors of this way thinking in three installments at Public Discourse. The third appeared today. Here are links to all three:

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/02/11978/

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/02/11980/

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/02/11982/