Philosophy & Ethics

Punishment II

Interview of William Neal Moore

Philosophical Puzzles: Trolley Problem, Heuristics, Ducking vs. Shielding, and Moral Luck

Lecture 25: Common Knowledge

Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition

Concluding Lecture: Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature

The Trolley Problem

Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation

Flourishing and Detachment

Karl Marx, Joseph Schumpeter, and an Economic System Incapable of Coming to Rest

Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order

Tying Up Loose Ends

Perspectives on the Death Penalty Since 1976

Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will

Contract & Commonwealth: Thomas Hobbes

Weakness of the Will and Procrastination

Origins of Classical Utilitarianism

Censorship

Equality II: Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Information and Housekeeping

Flourishing and Attachment

The Ring of Gyges: Morality and Hypocrisy

Utilitarianism and its Critiques

Equality: Rawls' Theory of Justice