Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying all 5 Episode of Plato's Cave with the tag “korsgaard”.
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Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson
June 8th, 2022 | 2 hrs 32 mins
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In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme.
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Ep. 33 - FW/MR: "Freedom and Resentment" by P.F. Strawson
June 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 57 mins
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In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment."
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Ep. 32 - FW/MR: The Four Case Argument and Basic Argument by Galen Strawson and Derk Pereboom
June 6th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
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In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism.
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Ep. 4 - Ben Burgis: Moral Responsibility in a Determined World
March 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 34 mins
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In this episode, I speak with Ben Burgis for a second time about free will compatiblism in a deterministic world. We speak about the metaphysics of free will and determinism, and what should constitude ground for moral responsibility. We also discuss my grad school writing sample and Christine Korsgaard's work.
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Ep. 2.10 - Moral Responsibility: Freedom and Resentment by P.F. Strawson
March 16th, 2020 | 24 mins 40 secs
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In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.