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Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)
On The Sources of Normativity (1996), lectures 1 and 2.
How are facts related to obligations? We don't want to merely explain our moral impulses, but…
1 year, 3 months ago
NEM#233: Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Is Not Taking This for Granted
This famed finger-style guitarist broke through with Jefferson Airplane's seven albums from 1966-1972, recorded eight with Hot Tuna 1970-1976 (with s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #95: The Techucational Edge w/ Khafiz and Nicholas from Invasive Thoughts
Khafiz Kerimov and Nicholas Bellinson teach at St. John's College, and they channeled the educational style of that school into a new podcast called …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)
Continuing on Natural Goodness, getting more into concrete cases of moral reasoning. How and why do we decide to keep promises, even in cases where v…
1 year, 3 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #199: Missioning Impossibly
On the eight-film action series that launched in 1996 (based on the 1966 TV series) in light of its apparently final film. Featuring Mark, Lawrence, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #94: Storifying Philosophy w/ Kolby Granville
Kolby runs After Dinner Conversations, which curates short stories about philosophy. He's also been a "producer" of improv shows.
We talk about what …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)
On Natural Goodness (2001). Can we base ethics on the model of biology? Foot argues that just as we understand what a healthy specimen of a plant or …
1 year, 3 months ago
NEM#232: Chris Church Refines Power Pop
Chris has around 20 releases since 1991, mostly under his own name, while moonlighting as a metal guy and otherwise collaborating.
We discuss "She Lo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part Two)
We conclude our discussion of A Treatise of Human Nature (1739): Book III, "Of Morals," plus a bit more discussion of An Enquiry Concerning the Princ…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #198: Andor: Grown-Up Star Wars
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss Tony Gilroy's Star Wars Disney+ two-season TV show. Should this actually be a Star Wars show given how diffe…
1 year, 4 months ago