Philosophy Talk

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The marketplace version of Philosophy Talk. Stations can cherry-pick episodes for license.

For the automated series please view Philosophy Talk: Weekly.

The marketplace version of Philosophy Talk. Stations can cherry-pick episodes for license.

For the automated series please view Philosophy Talk: Weekly.


91 Pieces

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Is Democracy a Universal Value?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is democracy an inherently good thing, or is it, as Plato thought, one of the worst possible forms of government?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Democracy in Crisis
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Do you really have democracy when things favored by the majority can't even come to a vote?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Habermas and Democracy
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Democracy and the Press
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What role should the press play in a thriving democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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The Radical Democracy Movement
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Can we create a democracy that doesn't end up oppressing minorities and dissenters?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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The Judiciary in Democracy
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What is the role of an unelected judiciary in a democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Does Science Over-reach?
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Work
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Is work the curse of the working class, or a person's best opportunity for happiness and meaning?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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A World Without Work
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Can we still lead productive, meaningful lives if the demand for human labor disappears?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Philosophy of Retirement
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Is retirement just an evil scheme invented by capitalists to get rid of higher-paid workers?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Karl Marx
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Why read Marx today?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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The Ethics of Algorithms
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Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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The Value of a College Education
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Are college graduates happier, or better prepared for life?

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
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Deconstructing the College Admissions Rat Race
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What values are implicit in the American college admissions process?

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Race Matters
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What's could be controversial about a movement insisting that Black lives matter too?

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
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Fractured Identities
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How do you construct a coherent identity when you don’t feel like you fit in anywhere?

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Frantz Fanon and the Violence of Colonialism
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Should there be limits to violence in the service of liberation?

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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James Baldwin and Social Justice
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How can truth and love be harnessed to create a more just society?

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Misogyny and Gender Inequality
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With all the advances women have made, why does misogyny still persist?

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Monstrous Technologies?
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How do we ensure that the Victor Frankensteins of the future unleash no new monsters on the world?

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7