The Right Thing

E11: Robert Scott Stewart

READING
“Telling Patients the Truth” (Stewart) & “Whose Body Is It Anyway?” (Gawande)
CHAPTERS
00:05:42     Introduction00:08:41     Respect for Persons00:27:40     Utility00:46:02     Kindness00:50:36     Wrapping up Stewart00:52:51     Gawande’s Contributions01:04:48     Conclusion
Note: chapters are listed here for reference. You can skip directly to a chapter while listening to the episode using the links in the player.

E12: Mary Midgley

READING
“Duties Concerning Islands”
CHAPTERS
04:14     Introduction13:29     The Problem19:10     Taking the Problem Seriously22:56     Contractual Thinking29:12     Treatment of Animals35:10     Non-contractual Cases40:34     Repurposing ‘Duties’48:58     Answering Her Question52:18     Conclusion
Note: chapters are listed here for reference. You can skip directly to a chapter while listening to the episode using the links in the player.

E13: Seneca

READING
“On the Shortness of Life,” excerpts
CHAPTERS
00:02:14     Introduction 00:08:35     Stoic Ontology00:13:32     Stoic Epistemology00:18:04     Stoic Ethics00:21:31     The Problem00:24:22     Cause 1: Engrossment00:35:53     Cause 2: Relationship to Time00:44:44     Cause 3: Anxiety00:48:40     Cause 4: Expectancy00:51:12     Cause 5: Ambition00:53:51     The Solution01:03:32     Conclusion
Note: chapters are listed here for reference. You can skip directly to a chapter while listening to the episode using the links in the player.
Correction: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10.
 

E14: Conclusion

CHAPTERS
00:45     Tagging Along 01:56     A Fogged Up Mirror03:31     Moral Remix04:44     Getting to the Starting Line07:13     Stuck with Something08:58     Thinking Differently10:32     A Lo Fi Beat12:10     I Got Some Gems13:26     Always a Student
Note: chapters are listed here for reference. You can skip directly to a chapter while listening to the episode using the links in the player.