Episode #190 ... Are emotions a waste of time? - Neo-Stoicism (Martha Nussbaum)

Episode #190 ... Are emotions a waste of time...

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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

Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Today we talk about the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. We compare more traditional takes on the themes of the play to a more modern, philosophical analysis of the play done by Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster. We talk about Hamlet and his inability to take action ...  Show more

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