web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:53:15 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Society” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/society Thu, 03 Aug 2023 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. 63 - Moral Obligations and Social Commands (Celebrating Susan Wolf) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/63 dfc074df-c070-43b6-b2e3-d92b1c33f3cd Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Wolf's essay "Moral Obligations and Social Commands," which asks where the true authority of moral enforcement originates from. 1:30:40 yes In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Wolf's essay "Moral Obligations and Social Commands," which asks where the true authority of moral enforcement originates from. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://academic.oup.com/book/3673/chapter-abstract/145029050?redirectedFrom=fulltext 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, , morality, susan, wolf, value, rice, series, meaning, ethics, wrong, right, duty, love, saints, moral, good, life, sam, vida, yao, reis-dennis, obligations, duty, commands, social, society, god, divine, theory, law In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Wolf's essay "Moral Obligations and Social Commands," which asks where the true authority of moral enforcement originates from.

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Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://academic.oup.com/book/3673/chapter-abstract/145029050?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/
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]]> Ep. 45 - "What is the Point of Equality?" by Elizabeth Anderson (PPE series prt2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/45 9177bfc9-6ee9-4e1e-8247-5894b5765ded Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 2:42:55 yes 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/4ElizabethAnderson.pdf 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, equality, equity, anderson, luck, egalitarian, egalitarianism, chance, fate, success, income, fortune, capacity, capabilities, society, ability 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/4ElizabethAnderson.pdf

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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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/4ElizabethAnderson.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/
Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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]]> Ep. 7 - Public Historian Justin Clark https://platoscave.fireside.fm/7 e3e023a3-cb5a-4074-bc24-8852cd6fedb6 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Public Historian Just Clark about the current social and economic situation surrounding COVID and about the underlying philosophy and logic of different political ideologies in general. 1:25:48 yes In this episode, I speak with Public Historian Just Clark about the current social and economic situation surrounding COVID and about the underlying philosophy and logic of different political ideologies in general. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: 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. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org Special Guest: Justin Clark. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, justin, clark, public, historian, history, covid, coronavirus, marxism, leftist, liberalism, politics, political philosophy, wealth inequality , justice, fairness, wealth, society, democracy, socialism, capitalism, economic theory, In this episode, I speak with Public Historian Just Clark about the current social and economic situation surrounding COVID and about the underlying philosophy and logic of different political ideologies in general.

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Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD.

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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org

Special Guest: Justin Clark.

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]]> In this episode, I speak with Public Historian Just Clark about the current social and economic situation surrounding COVID and about the underlying philosophy and logic of different political ideologies in general.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

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.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/

You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org

Special Guest: Justin Clark.

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]]> Ep. 1 - The Allegory of the Cave https://platoscave.fireside.fm/1 db0c5598-460c-4a65-866a-ed8e71d91517 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode of Plato's Cave, I unpack The Allegory of the Cave from Plato's Republic and Thus Spoke Zarathustra from Friedrich Nietzsche and use both works to explain what I'm hoping to accomplish with this podcast. 38:29 no Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Plato's Republic, Allegory of The Cave: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html Philophize This! Episodes 90, 91, 92, and 93 --- Primarily #92 That's BS #67 and #68 If you leanred 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. You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, the republic, allegory, cave, truth, enlightenment, Friedrich Nietzsche, nietzsche, ubermensch, overman, lion, child, camel, society, values Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

Plato's Republic, Allegory of The Cave: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html
Philophize This! Episodes 90, 91, 92, and 93 --- Primarily #92
That's BS #67 and #68

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Plato's Republic, Allegory of The Cave: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html
Philophize This! Episodes 90, 91, 92, and 93 --- Primarily #92
That's BS #67 and #68

If you leanred 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.

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