web01.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:59:28 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Forgiveness” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/forgiveness Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:00:00 -0700 I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show! en-us episodic A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers Jordan Myers I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show! yes jordan, myers, philosophy, graduate, grad, school, PhD, USC, university, southern, california, interviews, ethics, philosopher, moral responsibility, philosophy of action, agency, reading group, discussion, university of houston, university of pittsburgh, existentialism, morality, political, mind, free will Jordan Myers platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Ep. 73 - Chris Franklin: Valuing (Angry) Blame https://platoscave.fireside.fm/73 b58521ee-1a81-4d0d-81fc-2476b856cb3e Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In the final discussion of the series, we dive into Franklin's work on the value of angry blame: can anger best--really, only--express certain features of am adequate response to wrongdoing? 1:47:44 yes In the final discussion of the series, we dive into Franklin's work on the value of angry blame: can anger best--really, only--express certain features of am adequate response to wrongdoing? For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Anger, emotion, stoic, feeling, rage, hate, angry, outrage, stoicism, Nussbaum, Seneca, forgiveness, virtue, vice, furies, payback, revenge, retribution, transition, instrumental, intrinsic, aptness, amia, srinivasan, grief, disappointment, franklin, sher, blame In the final discussion of the series, we dive into Franklin's work on the value of angry blame: can anger best--really, only--express certain features of am adequate response to wrongdoing?

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]]> Ep. 72 - Amia Srinivasan: The Aptness of Anger https://platoscave.fireside.fm/72 5aad694d-23ae-41ef-a096-c80425507cbc Fri, 07 Jun 2024 04:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers We dive into Srinivasan's amazing (but at the end of the day, I think not fully right) paper, "The Aptness of Anger." 1:29:55 yes We dive into Srinivasan's amazing (but at the end of the day, I think not fully right) paper, "The Aptness of Anger." For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Anger, emotion, stoic, feeling, rage, hate, angry, outrage, stoicism, Nussbaum, Seneca, forgiveness, virtue, vice, furies, payback, revenge, retribution, transition, instrumental, intrinsic, aptness, amia, srinivasan, grief, disappointment We dive into Srinivasan's amazing (but at the end of the day, I think not fully right) paper, "The Aptness of Anger."

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]]> Ep. 71 - Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Forgiveness (Part 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/71 a722e149-f583-4938-9f8a-7d4b2009119c Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness. 1:27:06 yes Part two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness. For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Anger, emotion, stoic, feeling, rage, hate, angry, outrage, stoicism, Nussbaum, Seneca, forgiveness, virtue, vice, furies, payback, revenge, retribution, transition, instrumental, intrinsic Part two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness.

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]]> Ep. 70 - Martha Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness (Part 1) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/70 5dd8ba32-0967-43c7-90e1-7d676c08a5c0 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:48:43 yes 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. For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Anger, emotion, stoic, feeling, rage, hate, angry, outrage, stoicism, Nussbaum, Seneca, forgiveness, virtue, vice, furies, payback, revenge, retribution, transition, instrumental, intrinsic 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.

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]]> Ep. 46 - Reactive Attitudes and Restorative Justice (PPE series prt3) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/46 66d17aba-778f-45ef-82fa-604d4e9b653f Mon, 08 Aug 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In part 3 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "Co-Reactive Attitudes and the Making of Moral Community" by Victoria McGeer, wherein she links an adoption of P.F. Strawson's thesis about the reactive attitudes directly to the practice of restorative justice. 1:39:27 yes In part 3 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "Co-Reactive Attitudes and the Making of Moral Community" by Victoria McGeer, wherein she links an adoption of P.F. Strawson's thesis about the reactive attitudes directly to the practice of restorative justice. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.princeton.edu/~vmcgeer/papers/McGeer2010CoreactiveMS.pdf https://platoscave.fireside.fm/33 Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, political, ppe, politics, mcgeer, victoria, princeton, australia, reactive, attitudes, strawson, resentment, freedom, restorative, justice, consequentialist, punishment, retributivism, retribution, responsibility, moral, forgiveness, conflict, property, anger, guilt, victim, offender In part 3 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "Co-Reactive Attitudes and the Making of Moral Community" by Victoria McGeer, wherein she links an adoption of P.F. Strawson's thesis about the reactive attitudes directly to the practice of restorative justice.

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]]> In part 3 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "Co-Reactive Attitudes and the Making of Moral Community" by Victoria McGeer, wherein she links an adoption of P.F. Strawson's thesis about the reactive attitudes directly to the practice of restorative justice.

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]]> Ep. 20 - Per-Erik Milam: Letting Go & Forgiveness https://platoscave.fireside.fm/20 7c4bf022-2d8d-45e7-964d-b5692e565611 Sat, 08 May 2021 10:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Per Milam about his recent work on letting go as an alternative to forgiveness. These topics naturally touch on the practices of blame and responsibility and Strawson's reactive attitudes. 1:06:10 no In this episode, I speak with Per Milam about his recent work on letting go as an alternative to forgiveness. These topics naturally touch on the practices of blame and responsibility and Strawson's reactive attitudes. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: http://www.pererikmilam.com/ If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD. Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guest: Per-Erik Milam. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, per, erik, milam, blame, praise, forgiveness, letting, go, reactive, attitudes, objective, strawson, gothenburgh, moral, ethics, calhoun, dana, nelkin, moral, responsibility, harm, injury, wrong, relationships, friends, community, address In this episode, I speak with Per Milam about his recent work on letting go as an alternative to forgiveness. These topics naturally touch on the practices of blame and responsibility and Strawson's reactive attitudes.

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]]> In this episode, I speak with Per Milam about his recent work on letting go as an alternative to forgiveness. These topics naturally touch on the practices of blame and responsibility and Strawson's reactive attitudes.

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http://www.pererikmilam.com/

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