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S8E7 Love Isn’t Real
In this episode, it is held that love isn’t real, or at the very most, it could exist, but we will never know for sure if we have experienced it or not. With romantic love, we continually lack…
Examining the Social Choice Theoretic Features of “The Traitors” Television Series
In this episode, the game-theoretic and social choice-theoretic aspects of the popular TV series, “The Traitors” are discussed. Additionally, the asymmetric pliability of speech and accusation is…
Bending without Breaking: The Merits of Counterspeech (Interview with Euan Morgan)
Join Emma in conversation with London School of Economics classmate, Euan Morgan. Euan Morgan, award-winning philosophy scholar, takes us through his master’s dissertation, “Bending without Breaking:…
Going for Gold 4 Part Series Teaser
It’s time to talk about my disseration. This short teaser introduces the 4-part series that explains my Master’s dissertation from the London School of Economics. The dissertation was titled, “Going…
Majority Rule as a Default Voting Method
In this episode, Mathias Risse’s 2004 claim that “unless majoritarians present a more complete defense, it is irrational to grant majority rule its default status” is evaluated. It is argues that it…
Manipulability in the Conclave
In this episode, manipulability in the conclave voting procedure is discussed. Rest in peace to Pope Francis. This podcast comes as a discussion of the aggregation method used by cardinals in…
News Flash On Act Evaluation
In this episode, it is argued that the causal efficacy of an act is what matters to its evaluation, not its auspiciousness. Discussion of decision theories of Jeffrey and Savage are what motivates…
Let the Cancelled Academic Speak!
In this episode, it is argued that no-platforming should be opposed on purely epistemic grounds because it deprives students of epistemic benefits that would have been realized had the contrarian…
A Tall Tale of a Single Solution Concept in Cooperative Game Theory
In this episode, it is argued that it is not a reasonable goal for cooperative game theory to try to find a single privileged solution concept for bargaining games. Moreover, if it is a reasonable…
Mechanisms and Pharmaceutical RCTs
In this episode, mechanisms and research are discussed. The question, ‘if we have a randomized control trial (RCT), can we do without knowledge of a mechanism?’ is answered. It is held that…
On the Permissible Use of Race in Medicine
In this episode, philosopher Ian Peeble’s 2021 article, “To Race or Not to Race: A Normative Debate in the Philosophy of Race,” is discussed. An argument is put forth that Peeble’s argument for the…
Feminism, Tradwives, and Sour Grapes
In this episode, the resurgence of the traditional wife lifestyle on social media is examined. The recent outrage from women about this lifestyle and the receiving opposing reaction to that outrage…
S8E8 Creation Science (The Baramin) vs. Boydian Natural Kind Classification
In this episode, an argument is put forth asserting that the baramin is a Boydian Natural Kind within the disciplinary matrix of baraminology. Listen to find out how this aspect of creation science…
S8E5 Qualifying Contemporary Caste in India as an Ideological State Apparatus
In this episode, contemporary caste in India is discussed. It is evaluated through the 4 criteria for qualifying an ideological state apparatus according to Althusser’s 1970 essay “Ideology and…
S8E4 Applications of Personhood in Bioethics
In this episode, the third of a four-part series is presented. Topics inclusde abortion, cloning, surrogacy, and IVF. Is being a human being enough to exact moral obligations from others?
S8E3 Influential Codes in the History of Bioethics
In this episode, the second episode of a four-part series is presented. The Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report are all overviewed. How ought we respect individuals’ rights…
S8E2 Human Research Ethics
In this episode, the first of a four-part series is presented. This episode covers the Nuremberg Trial (and Code), and human research ethics. In particular, the US human radiation experiments and the…
S8E1 The Concept of Informed Consent
In this podcast, informed consent is discussed. This discussion is organized by two article overviews. Beauchamp and Faden’s “The Concept of Informed Consent” and Katz’s “Informed Consent — Must it…
S7E10 Medical Confidentiality and Privacy
In this episode, medical confidentiality and privacy are discussed. Some of the highlighted authors include James Rachels, David C. Thomasma, and Shelly Schwartz. Is it ever okay to withhold the…
S7E9 Medical Paternalism, Nurses, and Truth-Telling
In this episode, medical paternalism, the role of nurses, and truth-telling in clinical practice are discussed. This is the first episode of a three part short series. The articles of Goldman,…
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