Episode #071 ... Is Killing Animals For Food ...

Today we talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s book Slaughterhouse-Five. How war stories can distort the reality of war, how trauma can fracture our experience of time and identity, and why Billy Pilgrim becomes attracted to the strange philosophy of the Tralfamadorians. Hope you love it. : ...  عرض المزيد

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension, base camps, civilizations as collective immune systems, and w ...  عرض المزيد

In this podcast, you'll improve your listening skills and widen your vocabulary. We speak about some moral dilemmas and try to justify why it might be ok to eat your dog!

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Wild animals who build communities, domestic companions who love, and captive creatures who suffer. In episode 69 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk with renowned philosopher Martha Nussbaum about her capabilities approach to animal justice. They touch on topics as varied as anim ...  عرض المزيد

Guest host Sigal Samuel talks with philosopher and author Martha Nussbaum about her new book, Justice for Animals. Martha discusses several different ethical, legal, and metaphysical theories for how we humans should treat other non-human animals, and offers her own distinct new ...  عرض المزيد

Would you kill someone to save your kid? Or what if a million other lives were on the line? R&L take a dive into some ethical conundrums and discuss how they would act if people's lives were resting in their hands on this episode of Ear Biscuits!Sponsored by:Quip: Go to GetQuip.c ...  عرض المزيد