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Episode 104: Robert Nozick's Libertarianism
On Anarchy, State & Utopia (1974), ch. 1-3 and 7. What are the moral limits on government power? No redistributive taxation, suckah! With guest Steph…
11 years, 11 months ago
Precognition of Ep. 104: Robert Nozick
Seth Paskin introduces Anarchy, State, and Utopia about libertarianism and the limits of legitimate government power.
11 years, 11 months ago
Episode 103: Thoreau on Living Deliberately
On Henry David Thoreau's Walden (1854). Should all true philosophers go live in the woods and seek Truth in nature? Probably YOU should.
11 years, 11 months ago
Episode 102: Emerson on Wisdom and Individuality
On Ralph Waldo Emerson's "The American Scholar" lecture (1837) and his essays "Self-Reliance" and "Circles" (1841). Be yourself! Don't conform! Reali…
12 years ago
Episode 101: Maimonides on God
On Guide for the Perplexed about God's lack of properties, featuring guest comedian Danny Lobell of the Modern Day Philosophers podcast.
12 years, 1 month ago
Episode 100: Plato's Symposium Live Celebration!
Our big live episode (also on video) about love, sex, self-improvement, and ancient Greek pederasty! Featuring a set by Mark Lint, plus Philosophy Br…
12 years, 1 month ago
Episode 99: Looking Back on 100 Discussions and 5+ Years
What have we learned? How has our take on the PEL project changed? On the eve before our big ep. 100 live show, we sat down to reflect on what we've …
12 years, 1 month ago
Episode 98: Guest Michael Sandel Against Market Society
Interviewing him on his book "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets" and continuing the discussion of his first book, "Liberalism and the…
12 years, 2 months ago
Episode 97: Michael Sandel on Social Justice and the Self
On "Liberalism and the Limits of Justice" (1982) where Sandel critiques Rawls's version of liberalism as based on a bogus picture of us as purely cho…
12 years, 2 months ago
Episode 96: Oppenheimer and the Rhetoric of Science Advisers
Discussing Lynda Walsh's book "Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy" (2013) with the author, focusing on Robert J. Oppenheimer.
12 years, 3 months ago