How to Create Virtuous Leaders
January 19, 2025
Ancient philosophers like Socrates and Plato believed that an education focused on developing good character…
Character Tagged Episodes
What Has Replaced Freud?
August 6, 2023
Although the concept that we can have thoughts and desires hidden from consciousness can be…
The Psychology of Cruelty
May 30, 2021
Throughout history, people have committed all kinds of cruel, degrading, and evil acts toward other…
Trolling, Bullying, and Flame Wars: Humility and Online Discourse
January 24, 2021
Open up any online comments section and you’ll find them: internet trolls, from the mildly…
Frantz Fanon and the Violence of Colonialism
July 19, 2020
Frantz Fanon is a thinker who has inspired radical liberation movements in places ranging from…
Cognitive Bias
December 15, 2019
Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological…
Magical Thinking
July 21, 2019
Have you ever avoided stepping on a crack, just in case you might break your…
Philosophy of Sleep
March 17, 2019
“Blessed are the sleepy ones,” writes Nietzsche, “for they shall soon drop off.” Sleep is…
Your Lying Eyes – Perception, Memory, and Justice
September 9, 2018
The criminal justice system often relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses to get convictions. Yet…
When Democracies Torture
November 26, 2017
Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But…
Unconditional Love
May 10, 2015
According to Corinthians 13, “Love is patient, love is kind and envies no one.” But…
Summer Reading List 2012
May 27, 2012
Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Plato’s Collected Dialogues may…
Neurocosmetology
May 2, 2006
Progress in neuroscience may soon make possible an age of neurocosmetology: the use of drugs…
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