Do you think God is real?

I sometimes believe in God, I sometimes don't.

What situations would make you believe in God?

I don't know, like when the wind is crazy.

Every kid is a philosopher until they grow up.

That at least is what this man believes.

My name is Scott Hershowitz and I'm a philosopher of law.

I teach both law and philosophy at the University of Michigan.

Hershowitz got his doctorate in the philosophy of law from Oxford

and then a law degree from Yale,

after which he clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

He has now written his first book.

It is called Nasty, Brutish, and Short.

Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids.

His kids are Hank, whom we heard Hershowitz speaking with a moment ago, and Rex.

Rex is 12 years old and Hank is nine years old.

And we should say your wife Julie is a social worker.

You are a philosopher and a law professor.

Who do you think is doing more good in the world?

Oh, there's no question that she is doing more good in the world.

I have long hoped that when you get married,

your karma merges so that I can get some of the benefit of all the ways

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