web01.fireside.fm Sat, 23 May 2026 14:08:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Elegant Ramblings - Episodes Tagged with “Philosophy” https://withered-geyser-2252.fireside.fm/tags/philosophy Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 A podcast where I read self-written essays on anything that interest me! en-us episodic Smart essays designed to make you think more deeply about the world around us Elegant Ramblings A podcast where I read self-written essays on anything that interest me! no Essays, United States, non-fiction, arts and sciences, government, thoughts Elegant Ramblings elegantramblings@gmail.com Episode 31: Episode 31: Distributive Justice - Two looks at who gets what https://withered-geyser-2252.fireside.fm/31 e9778ab1-05d3-4490-b953-c5776c1c0331 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 Elegant Ramblings 31 Episode 31: Distributive Justice - Two looks at who gets what full Elegant Ramblings My quick look at questions raised in A Theory of Justice by John Rawls and Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick 21:15 no <p>You can check out our sponsor here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@anotherbookreview9903" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@anotherbookreview9903</a> </p> Politics, America, Philosophy, Distributive Justice, John Rawls, Robert Nozick You can check out our sponsor here:

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]]> Episode 9: Episode 9: 4 Philosophies - 1 Thought Experiment https://withered-geyser-2252.fireside.fm/9 a20e578b-da06-4906-a6d4-8b94c2b6683b Sun, 09 Jun 2024 23:00:00 -0400 Elegant Ramblings 9 Episode 9: 4 Philosophies - 1 Thought Experiment full Elegant Ramblings A look at how different mainstream moral philosophies handle a single thought experiment 25:18 no <p>You can check out our project sponsor here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@anotherbookreview9903" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@anotherbookreview9903</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer</a></p> <p>Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Argument for the Difference Principle and the Four Stage Sequence<br> <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/difference-principle.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/difference-principle.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_egalitarianism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_egalitarianism</a></p> <p>National Institute of Health - Luck Egalitarianism, Individual Responsibility and Health<br> by Perihan Elif Ekmekçi and Berna Arda<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497689/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497689/</a></p> <p>Peter Singer - One World Now (2002)<br> Audiobook quoted; starting at roughly minute 16</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement_theory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement_theory</a></p> <p>Video by Jeffrey Kaplan - Is Pleasure the Only Good Thing? - Nozick's Experience Machine Thought Experiment<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLHmBX3Q850" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLHmBX3Q850</a></p> <p>Video by Jack Miller - The Communitarian Critique of Liberal Individualism<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqipMIA6Mc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqipMIA6Mc</a></p> <p>Michael Sandel - Justice (2009)</p> Moral Philosophy, Distributive Justice, Thought Experiment, Utilitarianism, Peter Singer, Bentham, John Rawls, Egalitarian, Veil of Ignorance, Robert Nozick, Libertarian, Michael Sandel, Communitarianism, Alistair MacIntyre, Elegant Ramblings You can check out our project sponsor here:

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Argument for the Difference Principle and the Four Stage Sequence
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/difference-principle.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_egalitarianism

National Institute of Health - Luck Egalitarianism, Individual Responsibility and Health
by Perihan Elif Ekmekçi and Berna Arda
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497689/

Peter Singer - One World Now (2002)
Audiobook quoted; starting at roughly minute 16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement_theory

Video by Jeffrey Kaplan - Is Pleasure the Only Good Thing? - Nozick's Experience Machine Thought Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLHmBX3Q850

Video by Jack Miller - The Communitarian Critique of Liberal Individualism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqipMIA6Mc

Michael Sandel - Justice (2009)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Argument for the Difference Principle and the Four Stage Sequence
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/difference-principle.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_egalitarianism

National Institute of Health - Luck Egalitarianism, Individual Responsibility and Health
by Perihan Elif Ekmekçi and Berna Arda
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497689/

Peter Singer - One World Now (2002)
Audiobook quoted; starting at roughly minute 16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement_theory

Video by Jeffrey Kaplan - Is Pleasure the Only Good Thing? - Nozick's Experience Machine Thought Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLHmBX3Q850

Video by Jack Miller - The Communitarian Critique of Liberal Individualism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqipMIA6Mc

Michael Sandel - Justice (2009)

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