S9E18: “The Abolition of Man – Chapter 3, Part 1” (Man’s Conquest of Nature)
Today, David and Andrew (minus Matt) will be beginning our plunge into the third and final chapter of The Abolition of Man… The Abolition of Man.
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S9E17: Abolition – Ch. 2 Review, After Hours with Dr. Joshua Herring
Dr. Joshua Herring, host of The Optimistic Curmudgeon, returns to the show to help us review Chapter 2 of “The Abolition of Man” and to help us understand “The Way”…
Djokovic, Nadal or Federer: Who is the GOAT
Listener Matthew Galgani listened to our recent episode (S9E14: “All Values are Subjective…Except Mine!”) and was inspired to write an article entitled Djokovic, Nadal or Federer: Who is the GOAT? Before you answer, let’s have C.S. Lewis weigh in…
S9E16: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 3 (“The Tao or… Nothing”)
Can we reject the Tao and still have morality? Does affirming the Tao stifle moral progress? Is arguing for the Tao a religious or even a Christian argument? We dive in to these questions and more as we wrap up Chapter 2 of “The Abolition of Man”.
S9E15: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 2 (“Instincts and the Tao”)
Can we build a system of values based on Impulses?
S9E14: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 1 (“All values are subjective… except mine!”)
We begin “The Way”, the second chapter of “The Abolition of Man” where see how the arguments of Gaius and Titius lead to a breakdown in logic, virtue, and ultimately society itself!
S9E13: “The Abolition of Man – Chapter 1 Review”, After Hours with Dr. Andrew Snyder
After working through Chapter 1 of The Abolition of Man the past few weeks, Dr. Andrew Snyder joins David to review the chapter as a whole.
S9E12: Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 3 (“The Abolition of Virtue”)
Andrew disappears after a couple of minutes, leaving David and Matt to wrap up the final part of Chapter 1…
S9E11: Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 2 (“Urban Blockheads and Trousered Apes”)
We move into the heart of Chapter 1 of The Abolition of Man and see why “The Green Book” fails to teach English and instead transforms its students in a different way…
S9E10: Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 1 (“Pretty Waterfalls”)
It is time for our main book of the season, The Abolition of Man! In today’s episode we discuss its origin and dip our toe into Chapter 1…