The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

Whaling, poaching, factory farming: we know they’re wrong. Yet, most of us do nothing about them. In fact, for each trip around the sun, we satisfy our collective tastebuds with over seventy billion land animals and seven trillion sea creatures. Still, one might ask, what is it that’s wrong with how we treat our fellow creatures? This is the central question of Martha Nussbaum’s latest book, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility.
Nussbaum, who has won the most prestigious prizes in the field – including the 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, the 2018 Berggruen (Bergruin) Prize in Philosophy and Culture, and the 2021 Holberg Prize – is currently the Ernst Freund (Froind) Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. With over twenty-five books, five hundred academic papers, and fifty-five honorary degrees, it’s safe to say that Martha Nussbaum is one of the most prolific and distinguished philosophers of our time.
For Nussbaum, humans have a collective responsibility to support the activities and conditions that allow our fellow creatures to flourish. It’s time we put a stop to the injustice and bring about a better world. Her call to action? Justice for Animals.


Contents
Part I. The Capabilities Approach
Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
Martha Nussbaum, Website.
Martha Nussbaum, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility (2023)
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation Now (2023)

Introduction
'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe from those who wished to attack me and my values. All in all, I was told I would be empowered to live my life as I saw fit.
In time, I began to hear another story. I started to hear that what I had shared with friends was actually a product that social media sold to others. I was told that some of my wants and desires were, in reality, the wants and desires of people whom I had never met. I was made aware that the promise of safety came at a cost which appears never to have been proven worthwhile.
The power, as it turns out, was not really with me – it was with those who sold me the original story. The choices I made when I knew no better helped them understand me and others like me better. They could do this because they were watching. When I wanted them to stop watching, they told me that if I had nothing to hide, then I had nothing to fear.'


Contents
Part I. Privacy is Power
Part II. Privacy in Peril
Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, and David Lyon, Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (book).
Danielle Keats Citron, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age (book).
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (book).
Neil Richards, Why Privacy Matters (book).
Edward Snowden, Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower (book).
Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (book).
Raymond Wacks, Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (book).

Introduction
'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe from those who wished to attack me and my values. All in all, I was told I would be empowered to live my life as I saw fit.
In time, I began to hear another story. I started to hear that what I had shared with friends was actually a product that social media sold to others. I was told that some of my wants and desires were, in reality, the wants and desires of people whom I had never met. I was made aware that the promise of safety came at a cost which appears never to have been proven worthwhile.
The power, as it turns out, was not really with me – it was with those who sold me the original story. The choices I made when I knew no better helped them understand me and others like me better. They could do this because they were watching. When I wanted them to stop watching, they told me that if I had nothing to hide, then I had nothing to fear.'


Contents
Part I. Privacy is Power
Part II. Privacy in Peril
Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, and David Lyon, Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (book).
Danielle Keats Citron, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age (book).
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (book).
Neil Richards, Why Privacy Matters (book).
Edward Snowden, Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower (book).
Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (book).
Raymond Wacks, Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (book).

Introduction
'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe from those who wished to attack me and my values. All in all, I was told I would be empowered to live my life as I saw fit.
In time, I began to hear another story. I started to hear that what I had shared with friends was actually a product that social media sold to others. I was told that some of my wants and desires were, in reality, the wants and desires of people whom I had never met. I was made aware that the promise of safety came at a cost which appears never to have been proven worthwhile.
The power, as it turns out, was not really with me – it was with those who sold me the original story. The choices I made when I knew no better helped them understand me and others like me better. They could do this because they were watching. When I wanted them to stop watching, they told me that if I had nothing to hide, then I had nothing to fear.'


Contents
Part I. Privacy is Power
Part II. Privacy in Peril
Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, and David Lyon, Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (book).
Danielle Keats Citron, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age (book).
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (book).
Neil Richards, Why Privacy Matters (book).
Edward Snowden, Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower (book).
Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (book).
Raymond Wacks, Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (book).

Introduction
This episode features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest names in philosophy: Richard Dawkins (representing science and atheism), Jessica Frazier (on Hinduism), Silvia Jonas (speaking on Jewish philosophy), and Richard Swinburne (defending Christianity).
With over six-hundred people registering for tickets, we were absolutely overwhelmed by your support; thank you to everybody who came along! A very special thank you to our Patrons and the Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham for making the event possible. We hope you enjoy the show!
‘The origin of our universe is the greatest mystery of all. Why is there something rather than nothing? Further still, how did we come to exist in a world with such precise laws of nature and complex creatures? As we shall see, how we answer these questions determines everything: from the meaning of our lives to the secrets of our futures.’
Contents
Part I. The Debate
Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
General
The Global Philosophy of Religion Project, University of Birmingham.
Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence (Bloomsbury, 2024).
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene (book).
The Blind Watchmaker (book).
The God Delusion (book).
Outgrowing God (book).
Flights of Fancy (book).
www.richarddawkins.com
www.richarddawkins.net
Jessica Frazier
About (webpage).
Reality, Religion, and Passion (book).
The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies (book).
Hindu Worldviews: Theories of Self, Ritual and Reality (book).
Categorisation in Indian Philosophy: Thinking Inside the Box (book).
BBC In Our Times: Hindu Creation (podcast).
History of Philosophy without Any Gaps (podcast).
Silvia Jonas
Silvia Jonas (website).
Silvia Jonas: Research (website).
Ineffability and its Metaphysics (book).
Richard Swinburne
The Existence of God (book).
Is There a God? (book).
More books by Richard Swinburne.

Introduction
This episode features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest names in philosophy: Richard Dawkins (representing science and atheism), Jessica Frazier (on Hinduism), Silvia Jonas (speaking on Jewish philosophy), and Richard Swinburne (defending Christianity).
With over six-hundred people registering for tickets, we were absolutely overwhelmed by your support; thank you to everybody who came along! A very special thank you to our Patrons and the Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham for making the event possible. We hope you enjoy the show!
‘The origin of our universe is the greatest mystery of all. Why is there something rather than nothing? Further still, how did we come to exist in a world with such precise laws of nature and complex creatures? As we shall see, how we answer these questions determines everything: from the meaning of our lives to the secrets of our futures.’
Contents
Part I. The Debate
Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion





Links
General
The Global Philosophy of Religion Project, University of Birmingham.
Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence (Bloomsbury, 2024).
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene (book).
The Blind Watchmaker (book).
The God Delusion (book).
Outgrowing God (book).
Flights of Fancy (book).
www.richarddawkins.com
www.richarddawkins.net
Jessica Frazier
About (webpage).
Reality, Religion, and Passion (book).
The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies (book).
Hindu Worldviews: Theories of Self, Ritual and Reality (book).
Categorisation in Indian Philosophy: Thinking Inside the Box (book).
BBC In Our Times: Hindu Creation (podcast).
History of Philosophy without Any Gaps (podcast).
Silvia Jonas
Silvia Jonas (website).
Silvia Jonas: Research (website).
Ineffability and its Metaphysics (book).
Richard Swinburne
The Existence of God (book).
Is There a God? (book).
More books by Richard Swinburne.