Podcast Episodes

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)

Concluding our treatment of The Sources of Normativity. We give Korsgaard's tweaks to Kant, including her distinction between the categorical imperative and the moral law. We then explain her referen…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

PEL Presents NEM#234: John Kruth the Multi-Hyphenate

Not only is John a multi-instrumentalist who's played with Violent Femmes, Allen Ginsberg, Hal Willner, John Prine, et al, but he's released around 24 albums as a solo artist or with groups including…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)

On lectures 3 and 4 of The Sources of Normativity (1996), where we get Korsgaard's positive view on how morality becomes obligatory for an individual, which has to do with identity, reason-giving, an…

Published on 2 months ago

PEL Presents PvI#96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff & Daniel Lobell

Mark Schiff is a legendary stand-up who currently podcasts with friend-of-PEL and philosophy enthusiast, Daniel Lobell as We Think It's Funny.

These gents join Mark and Bill to talk about stand-up vs…

Published on 2 months ago

Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)

We dive further into the text of lectures 1 and 2 of The Sources of Normativity (1996).

We give Korsgaard's account of the idea of reflective endorsement through Hume and Bernard Williams to get to h…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

PEL Presents PMP#200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)

In immediate reaction to the Apple TV+ Seth Rogan show The Studio, we talk about Hollywood's obsession with itself and how studio dynamics interfere with what exactly we all get to see. Also, what's …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

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 justify them. Korsgaard walks us through the view…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

PEL Presents 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 subsequent reunions by both bands), recorded his fi…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

PEL Presents PvI#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 Invasive Thoughts.

They join Mark and Bill to tal…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks 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 violating them would produce more utility? How do w…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago