Philosophy & Ethics

From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism

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

Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation

Marx's Theory of History

Flourishing and Detachment

Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism

Virtue and Habit II

Equality: Rawls' Theory of Justice

Ad Hominem and Slippery Slope Arguments

The Division of Powers: Montesquieu

Weakness of the Will and Procrastination

Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality

Lecture 25: Common Knowledge

Introductory Lecture: Eichmann in Jerusalem and Political Legitimacy

Flourishing and Attachment

Evolutionary Thinking: Styles of Thought - Typological, Population, and Tree Thinking

Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)

Interview of William Neal Moore

Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice

Perspectives on the Death Penalty Since 1976

The Ring of Gyges: Morality and Hypocrisy

The Trolley Problem

Origins of Classical Utilitarianism

Famous Paradoxes and Dilemmas