Ep. 118 Humanity Part 2

This week join Mike and Danny as they play "Plato’s Republic the Role Playing Game”! Yes, join in...

An episode of the Philosophy? WTF?? podcast, hosted by Danny O'Donnell & Dr. Michael Alsford, titled "Ep. 118 Humanity Part 2" was published on November 18, 2020 and runs 26 minutes.

November 18, 2020 ·26m · Philosophy? WTF??

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Summary

This week join Mike and Danny as they play "Plato’s Republic the Role Playing Game”! Yes, join in the fun and excitement of living in a utopian society but first you need to roll a character. Grab your dice and see what you end up with - will you be a leader, a philosopher king? Perhaps the dice will not fall exactly in your favour and you end up with high organisational stats and have to settle for the somewhat less exciting life of an administrator or military leader. If you really suck at this you might roll low numbers in all stats except for constitution and strength in which case its physical labour for you - and no, you don’t get to re-roll and there are no modifiers. If the dice roll off the table by accident and you end up with zeros for all your stats don’t despair, you can still play as a woman but only if you are in a party with at least one man and only if you promise not to play but just watch and don’t touch anything. Yes it’s not fair but it’s all in the roll of the dice, right? All of this and Mike confusing Plato with Descartes, twice, along with guest appearances from Aristotle and god.