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January 03, 2019 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Travis Smith
Culturally Determined
- Travis's new book, Superhero Ethics
- The Incredible Hulk and the dangers of individualism
- Why Wolverine embodies honor and integrity
- Batman vs. Spider-Man, dueling reactions to our tragic universe
- Family tragedies in the lives of Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker
- Why adults should take comic books seriously
October 03, 2015 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- "Virtue ethics" vs. typical modern understandings of morality
- What do you need to live a "flourishing" life?
- How to tell the difference between a Cynic and a Stoic
- When our moral intuitions and our moral systems conflict
- What Massimo finds appealing about a Stoic lifestyle
- Why you shouldn't focus on external outcomes
October 04, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Wright Show
- What is the foundation of Buddhist ethics?
- Experiencing not-self
- Buddhism is a synthesis of consequentialism and virtue ethics
- The origins of Buddhism's concern for animal welfare
- Does the Buddha want you to be vegetarian?
- Why isn't there more anti-militarist activism among Buddhists?
- Trying to comply with the Buddhist ideal of "right speech"
- Mental defilements and their eradication
- Does Buddhism's emphasis on equanimity discourage activism?
December 06, 2016 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- How do ancient and modern philosophy differ?
- Philosophy as a way of life
- How the scientific revolution changed philosophy
- Has modern ethics gone down the wrong path?
- Why did ethicists turn away from virtues and toward moral rules?
- Do universal ethical principles exist?
- What Sam Harris gets wrong about ethics
February 06, 2017 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- Join the hordes clamoring for Massimo's forthcoming book!
- The science of ethics
- Is morality baked into our biology?
- Can primates tell us where morality comes from?
- How Kant and moral psychology complement each other
- Nietzsche's moral philosophy
- Warning: Chimps and bonobos are not hairy proto-humans!
- The trouble with studying morality in infants
March 25, 2016 —
Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens
Sophia
- Rationalism, its virtues and ideals
- Manifestations of rationalism in epistemology ...
- ... in ethics ...
- ... and in political philosophy
- Critique of rationalism: It can't be reasons all the way down
- Dan K. claims rational ethicists don't really exist ...
- ... and if they did, you wouldn't like them
- How philosophy turned to rationalism, and Dan K. turned away from it
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