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Take a thoughtful yet slightly goofy dive into ethics with your professor, Peter Owens, to discover some... things you can do.
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Hi, philosophriends, I just wanted to post this cool little segment I did for Matthias over at LOTRAMAPOD - he wanted to know how something could proceed from something else if there was no time (and therefore no cause and effect!). I put together this little segment, which also includes a brand ne…
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In this first of a four-part series on AI and ethics, we’re going to talk about the kinds of things that we just might be. Are we souls? Or minds? Or rights-havers? Or sentient AI bodybuilders sent from the future to terminate the leader of the human resistance?
11:30 | Jennifer S. Light, "Whe…
Lee Adama's speech in the trial of Gaius Baltar from the show Battlestar Galactica leads us to reconsider what it is that makes someone guilty, and what guilt really is. We'll consult some good German philosophers - Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, and Karl Jaspers - to see if we can't …
Content Warning: In this episode I’m going to be talking about the recent investigative report by CNN into the traffic and activity on a website called Motherless.com. While the episode’s focus is not sexual assault itself, there still will be frank conversation about it, and about the harm done by…
In this inaugural "Great Speeches in Ethics," we'll reflect on how Mal Reynolds's resolve to speak for others represents a mode of speech in classical antiquity that French philosopher Michel Foucault calls "fearless speech."
6:15 | Fearless Speech, 18.
9:05 | Who am I…
In today's episode, Matthias Austin from the Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast and I talk about Gollum. What motivates him? What's wrong with him? Should we pity him or fear him? Or something else? Come along for a journey into the ethics of Middle Earth where we'll discuss good and evil…
In today's Extra Credit, I talk a little (okay, a LOT) more about utilitarianism, some of its strengths and weaknesses, some important thinkers in its history, and my view on why the way that we currently teach it is missing something.
10:05 | RM Hare, "Ethical Theory and Utilitarianism&q…
Ever wished that I would hang out more with Matthias Austin, host of the acclaimed* podcast The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast? Well, turns out - me too!
Matthias and I sit down and talk about Gollum, a figure regarded with suspicion and hatred, a form cloaked in shadow and deceit. What makes him ti…
Today we take on the question, "Is it okay to change my values to fit in?" We talk about Utilitarian ethics, Kant's "An answer to the question: What is enlightenment?" and Rabbi Akiva bar Joseph. Also, peep the new segments: Moment of Latin and Ein Moment des Deutsche!
14:1…
What is up with ethical relativism? How do you know what the right thing to do is when you have multiple conflicting ethical systems across different cultures? What is the Prime Directive?
13:40: Nussbaum, Creating Capabilities, pg. 18.
19:55: Gross Edward and Altman, Mark A. (1993) Captain’s Logs:…
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