Posts Tagged ‘philosophy bites’

Group Agency, Voting, Same-Sex Marriage

“Callin’ it your job don’t make it right, boss.” –Cool Hand Luke I. Overview: Philip Pettit on Group Agency The other day, I heard a fascinating interview with philosopher Philip Pettit on the Philosophy Bites podcast. The topic was group agency (the subject and title of Pettit’s as-yet unreleased new book), described thus on the podcast’s [...]

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Philosophy Bites Podcast

I referred to the Philosophy Bites podcast in a previous post. Being Christmas day and all, this would be a good time to link an episode, for the latest is about about Jesus Christ himself. I also highly recommend going through the archives, as there is a lot of great stuff to check out: Don Cupitt [...]

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What is Art?

I have recently begun listening to Marc Maron’s smart and funny WTF podcast. Yesterday I heard an episode in which comedian Janeane Garofalo was his guest (also smart and funny). Near the end of the conversation, Garofalo brought up the question, “What is an artist?” Maron responded by saying, “To me, an artist is somebody [...]

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