Best Nicomachean Ethics Podcasts (2024)

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094-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 2-3 1:21:04

22d ago1:21:04

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Eric Taxier and I continue our discussion of the Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle by interpreting Book 3, Chapters 2-3. This portion of the treatise (Book 3, Chapters 1-5) is a fascinating investigation of human choice and the voluntary. These two chapters deal with choice and deliberation, respectively.…

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Libby Emmons: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 32:03

5d ago32:03

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Is Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House the feminist landmark it’s often portrayed to be? Or is it a critique of radical individualism and the undermining of traditional societal roles? The Post Millennial’s Libby Emmons joins Michael Knowles to discuss this groundbreaking 19th-century play and explore its insights into our intrinsic selfish nature and te…

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Philippa Foot 58:12

7d ago58:12

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century, Philippa Foot (1920 - 2010). Her central question was, “Why be moral?” Drawing on Aristotle and Aquinas, Foot spent her life working through her instinct that there was something lacking in the prevailing philosophy of the 1950s and 1960s which held t…

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095-Cross Domain Application 20:47

8d ago20:47

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This is a special short episode for my wife's third grade class. It addresses "Cross Domain Application" (taking something you learned in one area and applying it to another). That may sound heady for the third grade, but it is all about learning to appreciate learning.

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093-Empathy or Sympathy? 16:56

1M ago16:56

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This is a very special short episode designed for a third grade class my wife teaches. It features a short exploration of what it takes to be kind to and care for others by examining the differences between sympathy and empathy. Listen for the shoutouts to the various members of the class!!

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092-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapter 1 1:40:29

1M ago1:40:29

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Eric Taxier and I explore Chapter 1 of Book 3 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Forrest Gump comes in for some rough treatment--in service of the greater cause of understanding moral agency.

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091-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 7-9 1:42:05

2M ago1:42:05

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Eric Taxier and I finish discussing Book 2 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. We revisit the "key passage" concerning the Doctrine of the Mean (from chapter 6) then discuss the arrangement and choice of virtues and Aristotle's advice for self-improvement.

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090-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 5-6 1:40:19

2M ago1:40:19

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Eric Taxier and I discuss chapters 5 and 6 of Book 2 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. These books truly introduce and start to define the Doctrine of the Mean but immediately demonstrate that the concept is much more complex than summaries of Aristotle often allow.

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Derryck Green: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 28:59

2M ago28:59

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Once required reading for high school students, To Kill a Mockingbird now comes with trigger warnings. The book, which confronts and calls out the evils of racism, is considered by some to be too offensive for our modern-day woke sensibilities. Why? Set in 1930s Alabama, a young girl watches her attorney father defend a black man falsely accused of…

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089-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 3-4 1:41:04

3M ago1:41:04

1:41:04

Eric Taxier and I discuss Book 2, Chapters 3-4 of Aristotle's celebrated Nicomachean Ethics. We explore how one enters the circle of learning, the monkeys typing Shakespeare thought experiment, consequentialism, and more.

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088-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 1-2 1:24:24

3M ago1:24:24

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Eric Taxier and I explore the opening two chapters to Book 2 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. We discuss the two types of virtue (virtues of character and virtues of mind) and spend some real time on the learning paradox--if you learn to build by building, how do you get started if you don't know already how to build?…

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087-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 12-13 1:22:31

3M ago1:22:31

1:22:31

Eric Taxier and I conclude our discussion of Book 1 of Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics.

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086-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 10-11 1:07:25

4M ago1:07:25

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Eric Taxier and I discuss Chapters 10-11 of Book 1 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. These chapters ask the rather odd question of whether we can truly say someone is happy before they are dead.

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085- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 8-9 1:31:35

4M ago1:31:35

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I'm joined by Eric Taxier to continue our discussion of Book 1 of Aristotle's celebrated Nicomachean Ethics. This episode covers chapters 8-9 of Book 1.

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Panpsychism 53:59

4M ago53:59

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that some kind of consciousness is present not just in our human brains but throughout the universe, right down to cells or even electrons. This is panpsychism and its proponents argue it offers a compelling alternative to those who say we are nothing but matter, like machines, and to those who say we are bo…

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Condorcet 50:31

5M ago50:31

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-94), known as the Last of the Philosophes, the intellectuals in the French Enlightenment who sought to apply their learning to solving the problems of their world. He became a passionate believer in the progress of society, an advocate for equal rights for women and the abolition of the sla…

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084- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapter 7 1:53:38

5M ago1:53:38

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Eric Taxier and I discuss chapter 7 of Book 1 of Aristotle's celebrated Nicomachean Ethics. This is arguably the central chapter to the first book and provides the initial "outline" of Aristotle's take on happiness and the human good.

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Pastor Rob McCoy: Sermon on the Mount 40:54

5M ago40:54

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Michael Knowles is joined by Pastor Rob McCoy to discuss the Sermon on the Mount, one of the most beloved and frequently cited passages in the gospels of the New Testament. Together, Michael and Pastor McCoy explore the various interpretations of the text and reflect on the lessons that Jesus’s sermon teaches us about living a virtuous Christian li…

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083- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 5-6 1:32:15

6M ago1:32:15

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Eric Taxier and I discuss Chapters 5-6 of Book I of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. We discuss various candidates for happiness and what they are lacking and then examine Aristotle's critique of Plato's Form of the Good.

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082- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 3-4 1:35:45

6M ago1:35:45

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Eric Taxier and I discuss chapters 3 and 4 of Book 1 of Aristotle's celebrated treatise, Nicomachean Ethics. We discuss the differences between two forms of attaining or justifying knowledge (demonstration and dialectic), the nature of proof and whether ethical thought can be proven or demonstrated (and to what extent), and many other things.…

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081- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 1-2 1:21:20

6M ago1:21:20

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I'm joined by Eric Taxier in the first of several episodes exploring Aristotle's celebrated treatise, the Nicomachean Ethics. This episode carefully examines chapters 1 and 2 of Book 1.

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01 - Book I 59:32

6M ago59:32

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02 - Book II 41:01

6M ago41:01

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03 - Book III 6:49

6M ago6:49

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04 - Book IV 1:37

6M ago1:37

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05 - Book V 4:14

6M ago4:14

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06 - Book VI 43:55

6M ago43:55

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07 - Book VII 13:59

6M ago13:59

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08 - Book VIII 6:02

6M ago6:02

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09 - Book IX 59:42

6M ago59:42

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10 - Book X 3:37

6M ago3:37

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The Theory of the Leisure Class 55:32

6M ago55:32

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899, during America’s Gilded Age, Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class as a reminder that all that glisters is not gold. He picked on traits of the waning landed class of Americans and showed how the new moneyed class was adopting these in ways th…

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics 52:01

7M ago52:01

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on what happiness means and how to live a good life. Aristotle (384-322BC) explored these almost two and a half thousand years ago in what became known as his Nicomachean Ethics. His audience then were the elite in Athens as, he argued, if they knew how to live their lives well then they could bette…

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080-Ambivalence in Neutral Milk Hotel and Nana Grizol 41:05

7M ago41:05

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This episode examines the relationship between ambiguity and ambivalence and looks at two indie rock songs: "Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel and "Mississippi Swells" by Nana Grizol.

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Charles Kesler: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics 31:51

7M ago31:51

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Is the purpose of life happiness, and if so, how can we achieve it? Written nearly 2,500 years ago, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is as relevant today as it's ever been. Michael Knowles is joined by Professor Charles Kessler to discuss this seminal work exploring the age-old question of how to live a happy and meaningful life. As it turns out, Ari…

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079--Punk Wordsworth: The Smiths 38:59

7M ago38:59

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This episode looks at the issue of ambiguity in art and then examines "William, It Was Really Nothing," by the Smiths, looking at the ambiguous nature of the lyrics and the music.

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078-MF DOOM and the Materiality of Language 34:59

8M ago34:59

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This episode looks at the materiality of language, particularly in the use of rhyme and examines MF DOOM's idiosyncratic approach to rhyme and what is sometimes termed holorime.

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077-Agency and Fate in the Narcocorridos of Chalino 42:08

8M ago42:08

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This episode continues to explore the narcocorrido, now focusing on Chalino Sanchez and the theme of agency striving against fate.

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076-The Rhetoric of Law and the Narcocorrido 36:48

8M ago36:48

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This episode looks at the border genre of the narcocorrido (a Mexican folk music genre based on drug trafficking) in relation to the rhetorical nature of borders, the law, and the self.

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075-The Fictional Real in Edith Piaf 40:16

8M ago40:16

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This episode explores the role of suffering and self-developed narrative in the forming of a self in the music of Edith Piaf.

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074- The Elliptical Nature of Subjectivity in Björk 40:37

9M ago40:37

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This episode explores the nature of the subject position in popular music (the implicit or explicit "I" in a song). It posits that most songs ask us to identify (or disidentify) with the subject but that some songs, including Björk's "Bachelorette" question the very notion of what it means to be a subject in the world.…

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073-Tom Waits and Melancholy 34:50

9M ago34:50

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This episode examines Tom Waits's debts to Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, and the notion of melancholy. It examines "The Piano Has Been Drinking" and "Invitation to the Blues."

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072- Randy Newman's Off-Kilter America 45:52

9M ago45:52

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This episode looks at Randy Newman's vision of the American as essentially out of balance. I examine songs including "I Think It's Going to Rain Today," "Sail Away," and "Rednecks."

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Julie Hartman: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 37:51

9M ago37:51

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What if your sins were on display for all the world to see? Michael Knowles is joined by Julie Hartman to discuss The Scarlet Letter, which tells the story of a young woman who is shunned by her community after bearing an illegitimate child. What can we learn from this American classic about society’s response to immorality, the complexities of lov…