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Daily 15: Philosophy to Welcome the Day

Daily 15: Philosophy to Welcome the Day

By: A Life Of Thought
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 A deep and thoughtful life is a life well lived. Explore philosophy, and think in the company of others. Our podcast is simple. Each episode, we 'zoom in' to two paragraphs from a philosophical work. It could be anything: From Plato, to Freud, to Homer, to Proust! Our goal is to give you the tools to think about the paragraph and ideas yourself, to de-ivory-tower-ify it, rather than provide a simple summary. Think of it like a morning mental workout. New episodes every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.A Life Of Thought Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • Kant on Respect for the (Moral) Law

    Kant on Respect for the (Moral) Law
    Aug 20 2025

    Today’s excerpt comes from Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Kant distinguishes acting from duty (from respect for the moral law) from acting merely in accordance with duty out of inclination or in pursuit of specific outcomes.

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    16 mins
  • Stocker on Ethical Schizophrenia

    Stocker on Ethical Schizophrenia
    Aug 13 2025

    Today's excerpt comes from a paper titled ‘The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories’ by Michael Stocker.

    One quick correction: though Socrates famously denies one can do what he knows to be worse, many philosophers think otherwise!

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    15 mins
  • Cora Diamond on the Ethics of Vegetarianism

    Cora Diamond on the Ethics of Vegetarianism
    Aug 8 2025

    Today's excerpt comes from a paper in which Cora Diamond explores an argument often heard in conversations about vegetarianism: the charge of speciesism. She pushes back on its success as an argument and offers an alternative.

    Join the conversation and share your reflections at community.alifeofthought.com, or dive deeper into the annotations at alifeofthought.com/d15.
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    17 mins
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