Philosophy: The Classics
Soren Kierkegaard - Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard's Either/Or is an oblique but brilliant contribution to philosophy. In this episode of Philosophy: The Classics ...
John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism
Is it better to be a happy pig or a sad Socrates? John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is the topic of this episode of Philosophy: The ...
John Stuart Mill On Liberty
Published in 1859, the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty remains the classic statement of individual ...
Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Idea
What is the nature of reality? Why can music be so profound? Are we doomed to suffer or is extended happiness possible? Should we choose a ...
Kant - Groundwork of Metaphysic of Morals
Immanuel Kant's ethical stance is uncompromising: you must do your moral duty whatever the consequences. In this reading from his book ...
Kant - Critique of Pure Reason
What is our relation to reality? Are some features of our experience conditions of our having any experience at all? In this reading from ...
Rousseau - Social Contract
How should society be organised? Can you force someone to be free? Jean-Jacques Rousseau's controversial The Social Contract is the subject ...
Hume - Dialogues
Does the apparent design in the natural world point to the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent God? In his posthumous ...