Plato's Cave

In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Wolf's essay "Moral Obligations and Social Commands," which asks where the true authority of moral enforcement originates from. Here's any links you'll n...

3 Aug 20231h 30min

A new (mini) series! This begins a 6 part series on the moral philosophy of Susan Wolf in conjunction with a graduate seminar I took at Rice in the Fall of 2022. This episode is a discussion of her fa...

27 Jul 20231h 21min

I speak with Glen Pettigrove about his paper "Meekness and Moral Anger." We discuss his attempt to breathe new life into meekness as a virtue, his diagnosis of anger's downsides, and the ways in which...

7 Apr 20231h 4min

I speak with Cameron Boult about his series of papers and forthcoming book on epistemic blame: what it means, when it's appropriate, and how we modify our epistemic relationships with others. Here's...

21 Nov 202256min

Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.yo...

21 Sep 20221h 41min

Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.yo...

19 Sep 20221h 18min

The Stranger by Albert Camus. Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z...

17 Sep 20221h 50min

"Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre. Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

15 Sep 20221h 35min