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4. Parts of the Soul II
4. Parts of the Soul II
Professor Gendler begins with a demonstration of sampling bias and a discussion of the problems it raises for empirical ... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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45mins
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9. Virtue and Habit I
9. Virtue and Habit I
We become virtuous by acting as if we are virtuous. This central insight of Aristotle is explored in this lecture. Profe... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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40mins
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11. Weakness of the Will and Procrastination
11. Weakness of the Will and Procrastination
Professor Gendler begins with a review of the situationist critique of virtue ethics,which claims that character plays o... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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44mins
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12. Utilitarianism and its Critiques
12. Utilitarianism and its Critiques
Professor Gendler begins with a general introduction to moral theories–what are they and what questions do they answer? ... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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47mins
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8. Flourishing and Detachment
8. Flourishing and Detachment
Professor Gendler begins with a discussion of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, who argued that once we recognize that so... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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43mins
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16. Philosophical Puzzles
16. Philosophical Puzzles
In the first part of the lecture, Professor Gendler finishes up the discussion of non-standard responses to the Trolley ... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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47mins
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15. Empirically-informed Responses
15. Empirically-informed Responses
The Trolley Problem, as discussed in the last lecture, is the problem of reconciling an apparent inconsistency in our mo... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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49mins
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20. The Prisoner's Dilemma
20. The Prisoner's Dilemma
Two game theoretical problems--the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Problem of the Commons--are explored in detail. Both colle... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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47mins
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14. The Trolley Problem
14. The Trolley Problem
The discussion of Kant from last lecture continues with a statement and explication of his first formulation of the cate... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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48mins
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23. Social Structures
23. Social Structures
Professor Gendler begins by recapping the topic of state legitimacy and then offers a way of understanding the disagreem... Read more
27 Mar 2012
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49mins