Episode #187 ... How much freedom would you trade for security? (Foucault, Hobbes, Mill, Agamben)

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Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre

Today we talk about the book Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry by Alasdair Macintyre. We talk about each of the different sets of assumptions people bring to moral debates that often contain the true location of the disagreement. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https ...  Show more

Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)

Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment moral project. Our modern culture of Emotivism and the sorts of characters that thrive in it. Shared pra ...  Show more

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