The Right Thing

CHAPTERS

00:45 Tagging Along

01:56 A Fogged Up Mirror

03:31 Moral Remix

04:44 Getting to the Starting Line

07:13 Stuck with Something

08:58 Thinking Differently

10:32 A Lo Fi Beat

12:10 I Got Some Gems

13:26 Always a Student

READING

“On the Shortness of Life,” excerpts

CHAPTERS

00:02:14 Introduction

00:08:35 Stoic Ontology

00:13:32 Stoic Epistemology

00:18:04 Stoic Ethics

00:21:31 The Problem

00:24:22 Cause 1: Engrossment

00:35:53 Cause 2: Relationship to Time

00:44:44 Cause 3: Anxiety

00:48:40 Cause 4: Expectancy

00:51:12 Cause 5: Ambition

00:53:51 The Solution

01:03:32 Conclusion

Correction: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10.

NOTES

Seneca Lecture Listening Notes

READING

“Duties Concerning Islands”

CHAPTERS

04:14 Introduction

13:29 The Problem

19:10 Taking the Problem Seriously

22:56 Contractual Thinking

29:12 Treatment of Animals

35:10 Non-contractual Cases

40:34 Repurposing ‘Duties’

48:58 Answering Her Question

52:18 Conclusion

NOTES

Mary Midgley Lecture Listening Notes

READING

“Telling Patients the Truth” (Stewart) & “Whose Body Is It Anyway?” (Gawande)

CHAPTERS

00:05:42 Introduction

00:08:41 Respect for Persons

00:27:40 Utility

00:46:02 Kindness

00:50:36 Wrapping up Stewart

00:52:51 Gawande’s Contributions

01:04:48 Conclusion

NOTES

Robert Scott Stewart Lecture Listening Notes

READING

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, excerpt from chapter 2

CHAPTERS

05:35 Introduction

07:54 Inspiration & Goal of the Book

14:06 The Typical Crime & Typical Criminal

25:49 Impact of the Typical Crime Model

32:30 1st Objection

42:47 2nd Objection

44:08 3rd Objection

52:32 4th Objection

58:05 Conclusion

NOTES J

effrey Reiman Lecture Listening Notes

READING

“The Singer Solution to World Poverty”

CHAPTERS

02:32 Introduction

06:55 Singer’s Utilitarianism

09:28 Dora’s Story

16:25 Bob’s Story

28:54 Three Questions

38:45 Effective Altruism

47:42 Moral Norms Objection

50:50 Endless Giving Objection

55:19 Conclusion

NOTES

Peter Singer Lecture Listening Notes

READING

"Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice"

CHAPTERS

00:05:16 Introduction

00:09:41 Why Sandy's Situation a Structural Injustice

00:13:50 What Structure Is

00:22:53 Why Structure is the Subject of Justice

00:30:46 What the Liability Model Is

00:38:07 Limits of the Liability Model

00:43:52 Political Responsibility Model

00:53:47 Kinds & Degrees of Responsibility

01:03:03 Conclusion

NOTES

Iris Marion Young Lecture Listening Notes

READING

“Civil Disobedience,” excerpts

CHAPTERS

0:01:16 Introduction

0:07:47 How this Essay came to Be

0:09:58 What Civil Disobedience Is

0:11:14 Being Individuals vs. Being Citizens

0:17:30 Critique of Government

0:29:59 Ideal Government

0:38:22 Limits of Voting

0:41:55 Ways to Take Action

0:44:27 Letter From Birmingham Jail

0:58:41 Conclusion

NOTES

Henry David Thoreau Lecture Listening Notes

READING

Caring: A Relational Approach to Ethics & Moral Education, excerpts from chapter 4

CHAPTERS

0:02:42 Introduction

0:08:57 What is this feeling?

0:15:53 Am I obligated?

0:27:28 Why should I care for one I dislike?

0:30:57 Is my obligation guided by principles?

0:40:22 What are we trying to accomplish?

0:44:58 Is such a view “unprincipled”?

0:47:21 How do we assess right and wrong?

0:52:10 Why should I commit to not causing pain?

0:58:23 Is care tenderminded?

1:03:42 Conclusion

NOTES

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READING

Utilitarianism excerpts from chapter 2

CHAPTERS

03:38 Introduction

06:36 Need for Moral Theory

09:47 Structure of Moral Theory

11:08 The Highest Good 13:58 Impartiality

22:23 Criterion for Right and Wrong

27:03 The Tendency of Acts

28:52 Objections

35:38 Morality & the Community

41:15 Cultivation

46:12 Suffering

51:44 Conclusion

NOTES

John Stuart Mill Lecture Listening Notes

READING

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, excerpts from Section II

CHAPTERS

00:01:59 Introduction

00:03:15 Autonomy & Reason

00:08:20 Deontology & approaches to ethical theory

00:10:30 Hypothetical & Categorical Imperative

00:19:24 First Formulation

00:24:10 Second Formulation

00:32:38 Examples from the text

00:38:45 Perfect & Imperfect Duties

00:43:00 Good Will, Emotions, and more on Duty

00:49:38 Strengths & Questions for Kant

01:00:09 Conclusion

NOTES

Immanuel Kant Lecture Listening Notes

READING

Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, chapters 1-5, 7-13

CHAPTERS

0:02:20 Introduction

0:07:10 Greek views of human nature

0:10:36 Akrasia

0:15:26 Unqualified knowledge

0:21:35 Starting point of ethics

0:26:19 Framework for ethics

0:30:11 Eudaimonia

0:36:26 Nature of virtue

0:45:06 Habituation

0:57:14 Role of circumstance

1:01:00 Practical wisdom

1:02:27 Conclusion

NOTES

Aristotle Lecture Listening Notes

READING

Republic, Book II, 357-362

CHAPTERS

02:22 Introduction

05:59 Allegory of the Cave

10:23 Analogy of the Divided Line

27:58 Meno’s Paradox

34:26 The Ring of Gyges

46:55 Conclusion

NOTES

Plato Lecture Listening Notes

CHAPTERS

00:58 What this Course Is

02:15 How to Succeed

04:59 How to Use this Podcast