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Brian Leiter: The Supreme Court
Season 1 Episode 32
Is the Supreme Court merely a political body made up of warring liberals and conservatives? Should Judges apply laws that are unjust? Will the Suprem…
5 years, 7 months ago
Thad Metz: Meaning in Life
Season 1 Episode 32
What makes life worth living? How valuable are truth, beauty and morality? If life is ultimately meaningless from the perspective of the universe is …
5 years, 8 months ago
Do You Have Free Will? With Mark Leon
Season 1 Episode 31
Is it possible for your actions to be free, even if they are determined? And would an indeterministic universe make us any freer? If we don't have fr…
5 years, 8 months ago
Does Your Vote Count? With Jacob Bauer
Season 1 Episode 31
If your vote has only a tiny chance of influencing the outcome of an election, is it irrational to vote? Does voting grant legitimacy to repugnant ca…
5 years, 8 months ago
Black Mirror, Virtual Sex and Trans with Rebecca Tuvel
Season 1 Episode 29
Is virtual sex outside of a relationship cheating? How should we determine a person's gender? Should the same rules apply to race? Rebecca's article…
5 years, 8 months ago
#2000andlate in 2020 Hindsight
Season 1 Episode 29
We have a philosophical conversation with an artist about her latest exhibition. Dom's paintings explore the social and sexual mores of the last twen…
5 years, 9 months ago
Do You Have a Soul? With Tyron Goldschmidt
Season 1 Episode 28
Are you just a physical body? If you have a brain transplant do you stay with your original body or move with your brain? Could the existence of an i…
5 years, 9 months ago
Should Robots Have Rights? With Rob Sparrow
Season 1 Episode 27
Is it wrong to destroy an AI if it can have a conversation with a human being? If a robot expresses suffering is it wrong to torture it? Should we mo…
5 years, 9 months ago
Should We Save The Polar Bears? With Yolandi Coetzee
Season 1 Episode 26
Are some animals more equal than others? Are game reserves a part of nature if they are man made? Is global warming universally bad or does it benef…
5 years, 9 months ago
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[Bonus] Mark Oppenheimer²
Season 1 Episode 25
Atom bombs, diamond billionaires, and hate mail have a special role to play in this bonus episode. Brain in a Vat Store: smarturl.it/Lockdownbook
5 years, 10 months ago