9. Discover Your Superpowers! Training Montages and Virtue Ethics

9. Discover Your Superpowers! Training Montages and Virtue Ethics

Part of the Ethics Tutorial, we explore the notion of "habit" in ethics and its importance in our lives.

8. The Ethics of Mr. Spock

Continuing with our "ethics tutorial", we look at a figure that exemplifies a variety of ethical theories. What better way to get introduced to them than by the hand of Mr. Spock?

7. An Interview with Randy Richards, author of "The Unseen Hand of Peter Gyges"

An interview with Randy Richards, author of "The Unseen Hand of Peter Gyges" (2015), a modern retelling of Plato's classic fable.

6. Plato and the First Ring of Power

What would you do if you could become invisible? Would you still play by the rules? Are we good only because others can see us? This is the beginning episode in the "Ethics Tutorial" miniseries. With the story of Gyges and his magical ring, Plato introduces one of the fundamental questions of ethics.

5. Book Burning in the 21st Century: Ray Bradbury and Cancel Culture

We couldn't leave Fahrenheit without touching on some, sadly, burning topics of present times -- censorship, cancel culture and, yes, book burning. Is it true that extremes touch? And what does Bradbury have to say about this whole issue? Bear with us on this slightly longer episode, as we slog through dangerous territory trying to make some sense of it all.