HoP 020 - Virtue Meets Its Match - Plato...

What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic. 

What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action? 

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy. 

An examination of Kant's teachings on morality. 

<p>Can morality lead society down dangerous roads? Listen to how our speakers deconstruct our idea of right and wrong.</p><p>Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here:&nbsp;<a href="https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr ... Show More

<p>The biggest challenge of an ethical dilemma is that it does not offer an obvious solution that would comply with ethical norms.</p> <p>Throughout the history of humanity, people have faced such dilemmas and, in this week's episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Tilly explore ... Show More

Gorgias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Gorgias, a late-night conversation in Athens turns into a fierce trial of what it means to live well. Socrates meets the celebrated rhetorician Gorgias and his ambitious students, Polus and Callicles, and presses a deceptiv ... Show More

In this episode, I explain Heidegger's critique of Kant in "Being and Time." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion Tiktok: @theoryphilosophy IG: @theory_ ... Show More

Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks is one of the more obscure texts in Friedrich Nietzsche’s corpus. There are many good reasons for this: it is unfinished, and ends abruptly; it was never published; and it concerns subject matter that is not as immediately accessible as ... Show More

<p>Friends, our own wickedness and virtue belong to oneself. Though our communities and background stories affect our mind and will, nevertheless, the individual stands alone in the presence of God. We show God and the world who we are by the integrity of our moral acts. What we ... Show More

Buddhists are famous for their thesis that selves do not exist. But if they are right, what would that thesis mean for our apparent sense of self and for ordinary practices involving selves—or at least persons? In Selfless Minds: A Contemporary Perspective on Vasubandhu’s Metaphy ... Show More