Episode 16: The Foundations of Moral Obligation

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In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh contemplate the life experiences of Admiral James Stockdale. Known as the 'Philosophical Fighter Pilot,' his trials and triumphs as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War inspired the creation of a highly sought-after and esteemed course on philosophical leadership - The Foundations of Moral Obligation (also known as 'the Stockdale Course').You can read his essay, 'Courage Under Fire' here:StockdaleCourage.pdf (hoover.org)The Foundations of Moral Obligation reading list:Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, & Crito Plato: RepublicAristotle: Nichomachean EthicsKant: On EnlightenmentJohn Stuart Mill: On LibertyThucydides: Melian DialogueCharter of the United NationsKant: Perpetual PeaceTolstoy: Death of Ivan IlychElie Weisel: Night Epicurus: Letter to MeneoceusThe Bhagavad GitaDostoyevsky: The Grand InquisitorNeitzsche: Thus Spake ZarathustraAlbert Camus: The Myth of SisyphusLet us know how we are doing.

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