The Role of Government During a Health Crisis with Onkar Ghate and Greg Salmieri
Governments are taking unprecedented measures to restrict travel and shut down businesses in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus....
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Philosophy for Living On Earth
Contrary to common belief, philosophy is not a useless field for academics in an ivory tower, detached from reality. Approached rationally, its principles are the indispensable foundation an...
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20 of 35 episodesThe Pandemic and the Economy with Yaron Brook and Rob Tarr
With the stock market now crashing and many people facing unemployment in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, governments are reacting with a...
Is There a Rational Morality? by Ben Bayer
Most people think about morality as a set of commandments handed down by a god. Others believe we can get moral guidance by consulting our o...
Thinking Philosophically About the Pandemic with Onkar Ghate and Gregory Salmieri
The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it from both business and government are now dominating the headlines and overwhelming our lives....
What Drives History? by Keith Lockitch
What explains the major developments and trends that have shaped our world through the ages? Human history is complex and, obviously, there...
What Should Society Do About The Poor? by Aaron Smith
Most people believe that society has a moral obligation toward its poor and its needy—and that something must be done, politically, to help...
Is Privilege Real? by Gregory Salmieri
Many people believe that privilege—the idea that special rights or advantages are available only to a particular person or group—is a proble...
Is Abortion Immoral? by Ben Bayer
Abortion is an important issue consistently in the public discourse. What makes it so persistent? Should there be any legal limit on abortio...
Is Doing Drugs Wrong? by Onkar Ghate
On the issue of legal, non-medical drugs, there are at least two common perspectives at odds in our culture today: one camp contends that so...
Why Should I care About Israel? with Elan Journo
Israel is talked about often in the media, but many Americans don’t understand why we are so preoccupied with this country. Often Israel is...
What’s Wrong with “Virtue Signaling”? by Ben Bayer
Think about celebrities who tweet about their politics all the time, or think about companies who want you to buy their products because the...
Who Decides What’s Right or Wrong? by Elan Journo
In ethics, the question “Who ultimately decides what is morally right or wrong?” is commonly asked. Notice that in other areas of life there...
Why Are New Years Resolutions So Hard To Keep? by Keith Lockitch
Every year droves of people make New Year’s resolutions, but polls suggest that four out of five people fail to keep them. One report even f...
Do People’s Interests Have to Conflict? by Gregory Salmieri
People are at odds with one another all the time (we have wars, personal animosities, etc.) and it is generally assumed that people’s intere...
Is Artistic Preference Subjective? by Harry Binswanger
At the turn of the millennium, two different polls were held. The question was: What’s the best English-language novel of the twentieth cent...
Should You Judge Other People? by Elan Journo
If you want to be considered a caring person, you are expected to offer a “no-judgement-zone.” And you are supposed to believe that it’s an...
Calls to “Abolish Billionaires” Are a Moral Travesty by Keith Lockitch
There’s a new campaign slogan among Democratic politicians: “Abolish Billionaires.” Nobody can honestly deserve a billion dollars, they clai...
Do I Need a Philosophy? by Aaron Smith
Many people have at least heard of a few of history’s great philosophers. Names like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle—they ring a bell and maybe s...
Why Be Honest? by Ben Bayer
We live in an age in which fabricated stories pulse through social media, fashionable startup companies are founded on swindles and, of cour...
How Can One Be Fully Independent in Today’s Society? by Harry Binswanger
Independence is the theme of Ayn Rand’s great novel The Fountainhead. Howard Roark, the novel’s hero, is the epitome of independence. He spe...