Michael Miller

Jan 3, 2025 | themoralimagination.com | Michael Miller |Jay Bhattacharya |Ted Gioia

In an earlier essay - Clear Thinking in an Age of Ideology, I wrote about the challenge of ideology and it’s sources. Here are some habits of mind we can develop to avoid the trap of ideology. The Moral Imagination - Michael Matheson Miller is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Don’t look for a “Theory of Everything.”The world is complex. No theory is going to exhaust all of reality.

Nov 26, 2024 | muddyrivernews.com | Michael Miller

As I spend time with friends and colleagues in my community, I often hear about the divides in our society and how many people — regardless of political ideology — seem to agree on one thing: things are “getting worse.”There’s a persistent nostalgia for the so-called “good ole days,” a belief that if we could just turn back time, life would be better. I know this perspective might make some readers bristle, but here’s a reality check.

Nov 5, 2024 | acton.org | Michael Miller

What would the essayist Lionel Trilling make of today’s American conservative movement? While Trilling would certainly be critical of what he called “irritable mental gestures,” it would be hard to maintain that there are “no conservative ideas in circulation” or that liberalism is the “sole intellectual tradition” in America. He was wrong back then and even more so today.

Oct 16, 2024 | themoralimagination.com | Michael Miller |Jay Bhattacharya

We live in an age of ideology. The world is complex and hard to understand. We are bombarded with information and propaganda. This can lead us to look for a grand theory to help make sense of things. It is understandable. In the past we made sense of the world through cultural and religious traditions, but the world has become simultaneously more more secular and more connected and complex. Our awareness of complexity has increased while religious and cultural traditions have weakened.

Oct 11, 2024 | themoralimagination.com | Michael Miller

I was honored to be invited to speak with David L. Bahnsen on his podcast, Capital Record at National Review, about my essay The Wonder of the Ordinary, the moral and religious foundations of markets, culture, justice, entrepreneurship, innovation, the importance of trade-offs, and more.