S9E19: Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 2 (“The Conditioners”)
Who are the Conditioners and why should we fear them? Matt is back, but does he have a baby with him? All these questions answered in today’s episode!
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S9E18: Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 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.
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”…
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…