Plato's Cave
A Philosophy Podcast by Jordan Myers (MA Student, University of Houston)
We found 2 episodes of Plato's Cave with the tag “source”.
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Ep. 29 - Max Kiener: Consenting to Objectification
February 15th, 2022 | 57 mins 25 secs
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I spoke with Max Kiener about his work in moral responsibility, consent, and Strawson's reactive and objective attitudes. We discussed applied cases of the objective stance, such as manipulating someone into getting the Covid vaccine, undergoing a medical operation, or for someone's best interests.
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Ep. 28 - Eddy Nahmias: Neuroscience as a (Non) Threat to Free Will
February 10th, 2022 | 43 mins 6 secs
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I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy.