La diversité : un problème philosophique...

durée : 00:03:50 - Le Pourquoi du comment : philo - Pourquoi structurer la pensée en trois parties ? D’où vient la structure thèse-antithèse-synthèse ? Hegel y voyait un dépassement des contradictions. Mais faut-il toujours les surmonter ? Et si la triangulation éclaire plutôt la ... Show More

durée : 00:03:47 - Le Pourquoi du comment : philo - L’amour et la haine, la vie et la mort, l’aspiration à l’unité face à l’irréductible division… Pourquoi "être deux" n’est-il jamais simple ? Le dualisme est-il indépassable ? Peut-on vraiment penser le couple sans conflit ni ten ... Show More

durée : 00:03:36 - Le Pourquoi du comment : philo - L’unité d’un être disparaît-elle avec sa mort ? L’opposition entre l’être et le néant cache-t-elle un problème plus profond : celui de l’un et du multiple ? Et si l’essentiel n’était pas l’unité, mais les relations, la pluralité ... Show More

Join Dr. Junius Johnson and Fr. Wesley Walker as they discuss Artistotle's famous treatise on virtue: The Nicomachean Ethics. How can we be happy? What is virtue and how do we acquire it? Why do friends matter? Listen to find out! Get full access to The Classical Mind at www.thec ... Show More

What can philosophy do? By taking up Black American cultural practices, Devonya N. Havis suggests that academic philosophy has been too narrow in its considerations of this question, supporting domination and oppression. In Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy (Lexington Books, ... Show More

What's the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? 'Neoliberalism' might feel like a squishy term that's hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the Swiss Alps, is a po ... Show More

In this episode I explore how Stoic principles apply to the controversial and often emotionally charged topic of immigration. Using the Circles of Concern as a framework, I examine why Stoics must care for all members of the Cosmopolis, even when cultural differences challenge us ... Show More

On The Basis of Morality (1840), Part III: "The Founding of Ethics," Ch. 5: "Statement and Proof of the Only True Moral Incentive." Everything up to this point in the book has been negative: Morality can't be founded on pure reason as Kant thinks, or on the idea of the good life ... Show More

Is human agency a fantasy?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe may not always agree on questions of morality, but whatever standards we adopt we apply them to human action. We are less inclined to take a moral stance on human inact ... Show More

The idiom of contemporary politics is a kind of philosophical hodge-podge. While there’s plenty of talk about the traditional themes of freedom, justice, equality, and autonomy, there is also an increasing reliance on ideas like misinformation, bias, expertise, and propaganda. Th ... Show More

Prison breaks loom large in both literature and pop culture. But how should we evaluate them ethically? New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks what a world without prison would look like. His essay explores whether those unjustly incarcerated have the moral right to break out ... Show More

Can we have objective morality without metaphysics?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesJoin Simon Blackburn, renowned philosopher at Cambridge University, as he discusses navigating heated moral discussions, the play of perspective o ... Show More

Honour calls a person to defend their teammates, support their family, and have self-respect. To heed the call of honour, say those who listen, leads us towards a good life. Yet, honour does not bear the marks of modern liberal morality. Honour does not focus on the universal but ... Show More