Plato's Cave
A Philosophy Podcast by Jordan Myers (MA Student, University of Houston)
We found 10 episodes of Plato's Cave with the tag “ethics”.
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Ep. 18 - Tamar Schapiro: Weakness of Will
March 26th, 2021 | 37 mins 42 secs
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In this episode, I speak with philosopher Tamar Schapiro about her work on weak willed action from a Kantian perspective. This all relates to her forthcoming book, Feeling Like it: a Theory of Inclination and Will.
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Ep. 15 - Brandon Warmke: Moral Grandstanding
September 25th, 2020 | 52 mins 42 secs
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In this episode, I speak with Brandon Warmke about his new book, Grandstanding, which he co-authored with Justin Tosi. Brandon is a professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University. I highly recommend the book, and I hope this talk does it justice. I very much enjoyed speaking with Brandon, and I hope you enjoy our conversation as well.
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Ep. 2.9 - Moral Hypocrisy
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
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In this episode, Giffin, Jordan, Brian, and Adam talk about what moral hypocrisy is and what it is not. Plus, how bad is being a moral hypocrite really? Is is actually worse to be a hypocrite than just lie? Find out in this episode.
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Ep. 2.5 - Aristotelian Virtue Ethics vs Consequentialism
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
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In this episode, In this episode, Jordan, Brian, and Adam discuss the possible shortcomings of Aristotelian ethics as opposed to consequentialism or deontology. Plus, a quibble on moral relativism.
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Ep. 2.4 - Aristotle's Virtue Ethics
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
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Part 1 of a 2 part series on Aristotelian virtue ethics.
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Ep. 2.1 - (ft.) The Dirty History Podcast
March 14th, 2020 | 2 hrs 8 mins
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In this episode of Plato's Cave, I invite on Adam from That's BS and two guests from the Dirty History Podcast, Thomas and Woodrow. We talked about WWI and WWII, Imperialism, Rhetoric in history, Random history topics, Moral relativism, and Ethics in history. This was an amazing podcast to record and I hope you like it as well.