Billy Budd and the Irrationality of Evil
In this episode, I analyze the novella Billy Budd, by the Great American writer Herman Melville. I analyze the novella in light of two philosophical issues. One is the question of whether the law of s...
7 Aug 202045min
Communion on the Tongue: Gnostic and Calvinistic?
In this episode, I address an article by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, in Lifesite News, in which he disputes the view of a priest who thinks that communion on the tongue is both Gnostic and Calvinistic. I e...
6 Aug 202040min
Christians and the Nazis: How We Treat the Disabled
In this episode, I go through a timeline of different approaches to people with disabilities. I chart the evolution from dismissive and ethnocentric ideas of Ancient Greeks and Romans, to the emphasis...
5 Aug 202047min
Kevorkian’s Utilitarian Creed
In this episode, I discuss the competing world views associated with the euthanasia debate. This debate has to do with the very meaning of life and cosmological questions about the nature and origin o...
31 Jul 202033min
Elizabeth Anscombe: Modern Moral Philosophy
In this episode, I discuss how Anscombe breaks down modern moral theories, showing their deep deficiencies and their inability to provide guidance effectively. There are quandaries with utilitarianism...
12 Apr 202030min
Robert De Mattei on the Coronavirus; Part III
In this episode, I discuss De Mattei’s analysis of the coronavirus. I touch in particular on his idea that collective sins promoted by leadership that is also corrupt merit the greatest punishment fro...
25 Mar 202051min
Part II, Episode 3: Robert De Mattei on the Coronavirus
In this episode, I continue to break down De Mattei’s discussion of the coronavirus. I discuss how De Matteo compares the current convulsions, both in terms of public health and the economy, with the ...
21 Mar 202035min
Episode 3, Part I: Roberto De Mattei on the Coronavirus
Professor Roberto de Mattei is a Catholic historian and thinker with an interesting political, historical, and theological perspectives on the coronavirus. In this episode, I discuss the relationship ...
20 Mar 202028min
