Ep. 13 - Ethics of Cosmetics

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04/07/20 • 67 min

In this episode we discuss the nature of plastic surgery. Is it inherently egoistic and superficial? Or does cosmetic surgery offer a means of better expressing and realizing our "deeper" self? Can it ever be taken too far? Hear what we think.

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Text:

Wright Mills, The Power Elite (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 360-361.

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Text:

Wright Mills, The Power Elite (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 360-361.

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Ep. 12 - Do We Have the Right to Die?

In this episode we discuss whether or not we should have the choice to end our own life. What obligations (if any) do we have to stay alive? Is our life truly our own, to do with what we like? Under what conditions is taking our own life permissible? Hear what we think.

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Text:

Jens Peter Jacobsen, Niels Lyhne, trans. Tiina Nunnally (New York: Penguin Books, 2006), 63-64.

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Ep. 14 - License of Desire

In this episode we discuss desire, and the extent to which we should police it (if ever). What if our desires are not hurting anyone? Does over-policing desire inhibit the possibility of genius? Hear what we think.

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Text:

Theodor S. Geisel [Dr. Seuss], The Cat in the Hat (New York: Random House, 1985), 1-7.