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Are We Free at Work? Marx on Capitalism Today | Brian Leiter
In this episode of Brain in a Vat, we’re joined by Brian Leiter, co-author (with Jamie Edwards) of a new book on Marx. We explore whether workers in …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam (Rebroadcast)
What are possible worlds? Could you have been born to different parents, and could an object be both completely green and completely red? Barry Lam e…
11 months ago
Procreative Ethics | Rivka Weinberg (Rebroadcast)
Is it wrong to bring new life into the world? Is adopting a child a moral obligation? Is parenting meaningful?
11 months, 1 week ago
Imagine There’s No Gender | Holly Lawford-Smith [with Raja Halwani] (Rebroadcast)
Would the world be better if we didn’t recognize genders?
In such a world, there would be males and females, but nothing associated with what it means…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Moral Lives of Spies | Cécile Fabre
What does a spy owe — to their country, their conscience, or their cause? In this episode, Cécile Fabre investigates the moral lives of Cold War oper…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Right to Sex | Raja Halwani (Rebroadcast)
Do we have a right to sex, and is there an obligation to sexually fulfill the disabled? Should sex work be not only legal, but obligatory?
[00:00] Int…
1 year ago
Decriminalizing Sex Work | Jessica Flanigan
In this episode of Brain in a Vat, we welcome back Jessica Flanigan for a discussion on the decriminalization of sex work.
Using a decriminalization f…
1 year ago
Disgust | Martha Nussbaum (Rebroadcast)
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?
Chapte…
1 year ago
Patriotism Unpacked | Spencer Case (Rebroadcast)
What does it mean to be patriotic, or to love your country? Some argue that patriotism is virtuous because it allows us to transcend our selfish need…
1 year ago
Is Tarot a Tool for Thought? | Georgi Gardiner
In this episode of Brain in a Vat, Georgi Gardiner returns to explore the epistemic value of tarot: its capacity to shape self-understanding, spark c…
1 year ago