What a great season we have had. We’ve discussed personhood, morality, moral theories, Nietzsche’s critique of morality, free will, a conversation about objective vs subjective morality, ethics in politics, etc. Season 2Season 1 Personhood Personhood was the characteristics that make us a person, and what that applied to. Aspects of Personhood Life – intrinsic valuePhysical…
Ideologies – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C07
In our last episode of political ethics, at least for this season, we discuss political ideologies and how we would run political systems within our own country could we go for a total reform.
Legislation – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C06
Political Ethics: Legislation Our penultimate episode on political ethics covers legislation, what it means, how we do it and a number of other topics. We also have discussions about weird laws, psychopaths, going psychotic and other random segues What is Legislation?What is law?Constitutions.Amendments.Who can see this?Weird laws!Insanity/Temporary insanity!Psychopathy – book: the wisdom of psychopathsPsychotic!What influences…
Freedom – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C05
What is Freedom? Types of Freedom– Political– PersonalIs freedom a natural right or a political right?Primary definitions of (political) freedomFreedom From (religion, violence, government interference)Freedom to (be religious, masturbate, get an education)Freedom of (speech, movement, expression, choice)Satrean Freedom is apolitical – “physically free to do whatever”Freedom misconceptions (e.g. absolute/unrestricted freedom or “the power or right…
Justice – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C04
What is Justice? (e.g. is it simply fairness?)Cardinal Virtue / First Virtue of Social institutionsKantian Justice – The preservation of human dignity, respecting a person as ends in themselves rather than a means to an end.Rawlsian Justice (aka Distributive Justice) – The fair and equal distribution of goodsThis includes more than just physical goodsRightsProtectionsEducationPlatonic Justice…
Legitimacy – Fresh AiR -S02:E05:C03
What is LegitimacyIn simplest terms this is a justification of validity, but how does that apply to politics?Theories of LegitimacyThere is no legitimacy: political Legitimacy implies the right to use violence and the idea that some are worth more than others. This is immoral and untrue and thus itself illegitimate.Legitimacy by force and power: those…
Obligation – Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C02
Obligation – Political Philosophy Chapter 2 We continue our second multi-chapter epiosode with a walk down Obligation. At the start we say we are going to be covering legitimacy and obligation, however we ran out of time, so will be covering off legitimacy next week. So what’s in this weeks episode? The key aspects, but…
An Intro to Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C01
What is Political Ethics? We ask the question tonight, ‘What is Political Ethics’ and discuss topics such as: Why is Morality important (to all parties)Legitimacy (covered in a later chapter)Perception of VotersDo all parties act in accordance with their moral compass at all times? We also cover off our what chapters to expect in the…
On Morality: Subjective vs Objective – A Discussion – Fresh AiR – S02:E04
Subjective? Objective? Something Else? It is common to hear many reduce morality to it either being subjective or objective, but how accurate is that? Are people defining these terms properly? Are there correct definitions for the context? If one part of morality is subjective, does that make it all subjective? Well, tonight these two atheists,…
Free Will – Fresh AiR – S02:E03
Free Will Having discussed moral theories at length over the past few weeks we chosen (seemingly) to do a post on free will, and are determined to work out if it truly exists or not, as well as the impact it has on morality. Our Discussion on Free Well includes (but is not limited to):…
