Freedom Tagged Episodes

Simone de Beauvoir

January 7, 2024

Simone de Beauvoir is often cast as only a novelist or a mere echo of…

Simone de Beauvoir relaxing on a red couch, surrounded by books.

Jean-Paul Sartre

June 12, 2022

Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the first global public intellectuals, famous for his popular existentialist…

Jean-Paul Sartre, renowned philosopher, in a thoughtful pose.

Camus and the Absurd

November 8, 2020

Albert Camus is most famous for his existential works of fiction including The Stranger as…

Black and white portrait of Albert Camus, author of The Stranger, embodying the philosophy of the absurd.

Fractured Identities

April 5, 2020

Despite tremendous strides made towards civil and political rights in the United States, discrimination and…

Book "Real American" by Julie Lythcott-Haims rests on a notebook. A young girl is featured on the book cover.

Freedom and Free Enterprise

February 7, 2016

“Freedom” means the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own preferences and…

Black and white photo of a billboard promoting "The American Way" emphasizing freedom, opportunity, and private enterprise.

Ancient Cynicism

September 22, 2013

Today, the term ‘cynic’ brings to mind a person who has little or no faith…

Diogenes, the Cynic philosopher, sits in a barrel, examining a lantern. Dogs are nearby.

Political Correctness

October 11, 2009

What is political correctness?  Has it always existed?  What’s “political” about it?  Some people think…

Warning sign: Politically Incorrect

Liberty vs. Security

May 25, 2008

Edward Gibbon and James Madison both noted how liberties in Rome were among the victims…

Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither" graffiti on a wall

Kant

June 3, 2007

Immanuel Kant introduced the human mind as an active originator of experience rather than just…

Portrait of Immanuel Kant, prominent 18th-century philosopher.

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