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The Fall of UCT | David Benatar
Season 2 Episode 49
Destructive forces have been eroding the University of Cape Town, Africa’s leading university. David Benatar tells the sad, true tale of what has bee…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam
What are possible worlds? Could you have been born to different parents, and could the laws of physics be different? Barry Lam explains how David Lew…
4 years, 8 months ago
Can Hope Save Your Life? | Jack Kwong
Season 2 Episode 48
Is it possible to hope for something good, but feel despair that it won't happen? Is it virtuous to feel hopeful? Can hoping make you act recklessly?
4 years, 8 months ago
Moral Disagreement | Eric Sampson
In a world where we disagree about pretty much everything - about borders and abortion, marriage and monogamy, wars and meat-eating - how do you main…
4 years, 8 months ago
Ballenesque | Roger Ballen
Season 1 Episode 46
Marginalized people, animals, found objects, wires and childlike drawings inhabit the unlocatable worlds presented in Ballen's artworks. Ballen descr…
4 years, 8 months ago
Pandemic Ethics | Peter Singer
Season 2 Episode 45
Rebecca Tuvel, Dan Cullen and Eric Samson interview Peter Singer about pandemic ethics. Are lockdowns and mandatory vaccines morally justified? What …
4 years, 8 months ago
Michael Huemer on Disobeying the Law
Should you disobey the law, at least some of the time? If justice isn’t simply enforcing the law, then what is it? And what sorts of laws would we ha…
4 years, 9 months ago
Is Nuclear War Ever Justified? | Eron Fasser
Season 2 Episode 43
Should certain weapons be banned from use in war? Are there limits on the amount of force countries should use to protect their citizens? Is it ever …
4 years, 9 months ago
Plato’s problem with Democracy | Clif Mark
Is Democracy the best political system? Plato thought not. But what is the best alternative? Clif Mark, from the podcast Good in Theory, joins us thi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Is it wrong to enjoy good films made by bad people? | Travis Timmerman
Season 2 Episode 41
Is the art separate from the artist? Can a moral defect in a film undermine its aesthetic quality?
4 years, 9 months ago