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Welcome to Premise Podcast. This is your host Angelos Sofocleous.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophical interviews • Nietzsche: Übermensch, self-overcoming, morality, “God is dead” • ethics of war, peace, justice, foreign policy • agency, free will, responsibility, reactive/objective attitudes, “ought implies can”This podcast features in-depth conversations with academic philosophers about major questions across ethics, political philosophy, and the history of ideas. Guided by the aim of examining and contrasting different premises before settling on conclusions, discussions tend to clarify core concepts, explain influential arguments, and draw out the implications of competing views.
Across these episodes, a recurring focus is moral and political evaluation: how we should think about war and peace, foreign policy, and the kinds of reasons that might justify or constrain collective violence. Alongside these applied topics, the podcast also turns to foundational issues about human agency, including what it is to be an agent, how free will relates to moral responsibility, and how different attitudes toward others (such as reactive versus more detached “objective” stances) shape practices of blame, praise, and accountability. Conceptual principles such as “ought implies can” are used to test the limits of responsibility, and ideas with religious roots are considered for how they function within contemporary moral theory.
The show also engages with canonical figures in European philosophy, using close explanation of key themes to connect historical texts to enduring questions. For example, it explores Nietzschean concepts such as self-overcoming and the Übermensch, as well as Nietzsche’s critique of morality and the significance of the claim that “God is dead.”
Overall, listeners can expect accessible but serious interviews that combine conceptual analysis, ethical theory, and engagement with both contemporary scholarship and classic philosophical works.
| Episodes: |
#20 Friedrich Nietzsche | Dr Matthew Bennett2020-Jul-10 53 minutes |
#19 Ethics of War - Professor Cecile Fabre2020-Apr-27 50 minutes |
#18 Agency and Responsibility - Professor Pamela Hieronymi2020-Mar-05 42 minutes |