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Thinking Philosophically About the Pandemic with Onkar Ghate and Gregory Salmieri

March 18, 2020PodcastCoronavirus, COVID-19, disease, emergency, epidemic, health, medicine, Objectivism, pandemic, quarantine, virusAlex Wigger

The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it from both business and government are now dominating the headlines and overwhelming our lives. As we all begin to grapple with the wide-ranging effects of both the disease and the steps being taken to fight it, there’s a need to take a step back and survey the situation with a philosophic eye.

This week is a special episode of Philosophy for Living on Earth. Onkar Ghate and Greg Salmieri discuss how philosophy can help guide our thinking about the impact of the pandemic on our lives, our economy, and about our government’s response to it.

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Is Doing Drugs Wrong? by Onkar Ghate

February 12, 2020Podcastdrugs, free will, health, legality, liberty, mind, Objectivism, recreation, selfishness, thoughtphilosophy-for-living-on-earth

On the issue of legal, non-medical drugs, there are at least two common perspectives at odds in our culture today: one camp contends that some drugs can beneficially “expand” one’s mind—increasing creativity, decreasing anxiety, and otherwise providing benefits that should be explored. Another side regards using mind-altering “recreational” drugs as immoral or at least morally suspicious.

Join David Birnbaum as he interviews philosopher Onkar Ghate on the question: Is doing drugs wrong?

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