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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):
➤ Contemporary philosophy interviews • Nietzsche: Übermensch, self-overcoming, morality, “God is dead” • Ethics of war, peace, foreign policy • Agency, free will, responsibility • Reactive vs objective attitudes • “Ought implies can,” original sinThis podcast features weekly conversations between host Angelos Sofocleous and academic philosophers, aimed at making philosophical ideas accessible while taking disagreements seriously. Across episodes, discussions move through major figures and problems in ethics and political philosophy as well as broader themes in moral psychology and philosophy of religion. A recurring method is to lay out competing premises, test their implications, and compare alternative frameworks without assuming that a final, settled conclusion is always possible.
Much of the content centers on questions about human agency and moral evaluation: what it is to be an agent, how responsibility works, and how our attitudes toward others (such as blame, resentment, or detached assessment) shape moral life. These conversations connect classic debates about free will to everyday practices of holding people accountable, and they examine principles that link moral obligation to human capacity.
The podcast also addresses ethically charged social and political issues, including the moral dimensions of war, peace, and foreign policy. Here the focus is on normative questions—what can justify harming others, how duties and rights apply in conflict, and what theories of justice imply for international conduct.
Historical and continental philosophy appears alongside contemporary analytic work, with attention to thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche. Episodes explore themes like self-overcoming, critiques of morality, and the cultural and theological significance of claims about the “death of God,” using these as entry points into broader questions about meaning, value, and modernity.
Overall, listeners can expect structured, interview-style discussions that clarify key concepts, define technical distinctions, and connect philosophical theories to politics, religion, and society.
| 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 |