E11. Robert Scott Stewart
E12. Mary Midgley
E13. Seneca
READING “Telling Patients the Truth” (Stewart) & “Whose Body Is It Anyway?” (Gawande) CHAPTERS 00:05:42 Introduction 00:08:41 Respect for Persons 00:27:40 Utility 00:46:02 Kindness 00:50:36 Wrapping up Stewart 00:52:51 Gawande’s Contributions 01:04:48 Conclusion NOTES Robert Scott Stewart Lecture Listening Notes
READING “Duties Concerning Islands” CHAPTERS 04:14 Introduction 13:29 The Problem 19:10 Taking the Problem Seriously 22:56 Contractual Thinking 29:12 Treatment of Animals 35:10 Non-contractual Cases 40:34 Repurposing ‘Duties’ 48:58 Answering Her Question 52:18 Conclusion NOTES Mary Midgley Lecture Listening Notes
READING “On the Shortness of Life,” excerpts CHAPTERS 00:02:14 Introduction 00:08:35 Stoic Ontology 00:13:32 Stoic Epistemology 00:18:04 Stoic Ethics 00:21:31 The Problem 00:24:22 Cause 1: Engrossment 00:35:53 Cause 2: Relationship to Time 00:44:44 Cause 3: Anxiety 00:48:40 Cause 4: Expectancy 00:51:12 Cause 5: Ambition 00:53:51 The Solution 01:03:32 Conclusion Correction: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10. NOTES Seneca Lecture Listening Notes
CHAPTERS 00:45 Tagging Along 01:56 A Fogged Up Mirror 03:31 Moral Remix 04:44 Getting to the Starting Line 07:13 Stuck with Something 08:58 Thinking Differently 10:32 A Lo Fi Beat 12:10 I Got Some Gems 13:26 Always a Student