Ep. 71 - Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Forgiveness (Part 2)
Part two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness. For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: p...
14 Mars 20241h 27min
Ep. 70 - Martha Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness (Part 1)
In the second episode of our series on anger, we dive into the first chapters of Martha Nussbaum's recent book, Anger and Forgiveness. The first two chapters focus on the myth of payback's value. F...
7 Mars 20241h 48min
Ep. 69 - Anger: Seneca & Stoicism
Episode 1 of a new series on the philosophy of emotion--specifically, anger. We discuss some introductory questions and Seneca's 'On Anger.' For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.e...
23 Feb 20241h 51min
Ep. 68 - Sukaina Hirji: Outrage and the Bound of Empathy
I speak with Sukaina Hirji about her (very) recent paper discussing a type of anger referred to as outrage: what it is, how it differs from other emotions, & how it functions in our emotional lives. ...
12 Sep 202354min
Ep. 67 - Two Levels of Pluralism (Celebrating Susan Wolf)
In the final episode of the series, we discuss Wolf's article "Two Levels of Pluralism" which investigates whether pluralism reduces into relativism. Spoiler--it doesn't! Here's any links you'll nee...
31 Aug 20231h 27min
Ep. 66 - Moral Luck (Celebrating Susan Wolf [& Bernard Williams])
In this episode, we discuss the seminal paper "Moral Luck" by Bernard Williams and a new replies to the problem of moral luck. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://bibliotecamathom.f...
24 Aug 20231h 16min
Ep. 65 - The Role of Rules (Celebrating Susan Wolf)
In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss two essays by Wolf: "The Role of Rules" and "Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism." Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://academic.oup.com/b...
17 Aug 20231h 45min
Ep. 64 - Above and Below the Line of Duty (Celebrating Susan Wolf)
In this episode, we discuss an underrated paper by Wolf. We discuss the connection between decency, moral duty, and reasonably violating your obligations. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper...
10 Aug 20231h 26min
