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Is your gender up to you? | Shaun Stanley
Season 4 Episode 10
Is gender a social construct? Is gender distinct from sex? And can you be wrong in your beliefs about your own gender?
Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Supreme Court and Abortion | Brian Leiter
Season 3
Should Judges decide if and when women are entitled to abort their pregnancies? Should this choice be left up to congress? If abortion is immoral, sh…
3 years, 10 months ago
Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
Season 4 Episode 4
What exactly makes us feel disgusted? Is disgust for a person or group ever justified? And is disgust useful, or should we try to eliminate it?
Pres…
3 years, 10 months ago
Should we silence defectors? | Connor Kianpour
Do defectors generally do something wrong when they contradict their group's values or beliefs? And is it permissible for the group to silence them, …
3 years, 10 months ago
Trans Sports | Jon Pike
Season 4 Episode 2
Are transathletes a minority group that warrant special protection? Is the purpose of sport to be inclusive or fair? Should the Olympics exclude the…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Problem with Democracy | Jason Brennan
If most voters are misinformed, is democracy legitimate? What sort of voting system should we have in its place? And should some votes count more tha…
3 years, 11 months ago
Immortality | John Martin Fischer
Is immortality a blessing or a curse? Would eternal life be boring, meaningless, and amoral?
Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff
Editor…
3 years, 11 months ago
Is Hate Speech Free Speech? | Nadine Strossen
Season 4 Episode 1
Why is free speech valuable? Should there be any limits on what we are allowed to say? Should we tolerate words that are hateful?
Hosted by Mark Opp…
3 years, 11 months ago
Science and The Big Questions | Alexander Arnold
Season 3 Episode 33
How do scientists and philosophers work together to make progress on the nature of the cosmos, the meaning of life, and what it means to flourish? Th…
3 years, 11 months ago
Music and Philosophy | Mark Linsenmayer
Can music be objectively good (or bad)? How should we understand fundamental disagreement about preferences and values? And should philosophical disc…
4 years ago