Raised as a Lutheran in Milwaukee, Rudebusch has been fascinated by Socratic philosophy since he began graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in 1977.  He has lived in Flagstaff since 1988.  His 2009 book, Socrates, aims to bring philosophers to religion while bringing the religious to philosophy.

Of his subject, Dr. Rudebusch says, "Socrates spent his life seeking, unsuccessfully, to find someone who knew how to produce human well-being.  He insulted many people with his questions, which left them at a loss for answers and showed their ignorance.  Eventually these insulted people brought Socrates to court for the capital offense of religious heresy.  He defended himself at trial by claiming that he had a religious duty to philosophize and that a non-philosophical life is not even worth living.  This is a wild and life-changing claim.  I argue for its truth with an analogy.  My analogy is that non-philosophers are like people shooting in the dark:  Although they might mean well, they are guilty of reckless negligence."

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