Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying all 8 Episode of Plato's Cave with the tag “political”.
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Ep. 50 - Declaration of the Rights of Man (PPE series prt7)
August 18th, 2022 | 1 hr 48 mins
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In part 7 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a foundational Enlightenment document that inspired some of the United States' own formational ideas.
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Ep. 49 - "Two Concepts of Liberty" by Isiah Berlin (PPE series prt6)
August 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 8 mins
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In part 6 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Berlin's famous concepts of positive and negative liberty.
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Ep. 48 - The Communist Manifesto (PPE series prt5)
August 14th, 2022 | 2 hrs 1 min
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In part 5 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I keep the Marx train going with a discussion of the Communist Manifesto, a political call to arms for the global workers of the 19th century. We talk about its historical and present day relevance.
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Ep. 47 - Estranged Labor by Karl Marx (PPE series prt4)
August 12th, 2022 | 2 hrs 9 secs
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In part 4 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the pamphlet/writings of Karl Marx. We talk about the concept of estrangement or alienation with respect to present day and historical work environments and detail our own experiences with the concept.
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Ep. 46 - Reactive Attitudes and Restorative Justice (PPE series prt3)
August 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 39 mins
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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. 45 - "What is the Point of Equality?" by Elizabeth Anderson (PPE series prt2)
August 4th, 2022 | 2 hrs 42 mins
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In part 2 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "What is the Point of Equality?" by Elizabeth Anderson, which investigated the role of luck in creating egalitarian outcomes. Anderson focuses on a capabilities approach to political equality which differs from some common intuitions held by luck egalitarians.
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Ep. 44 - Conflict as Property and Restorative Justice (PPE series prt1)
July 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 32 mins
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In part 1 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, we discuss the formative paper "Conflict as Property" by Nils Christie along with some of its more modern applications in restorative justice.
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Ep. 14 - Brandon Robshaw: Eternal Recurrence
September 4th, 2020 | 55 mins 13 secs
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Brandon Robshaw about his recent piece in Philosophy Now on Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence. We also discuss his new book, 'Should a Liberal State Ban the Burqa?' (The short answer is no.)