All Episodes

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0G100: WWZ and the Human Cost of Ethics, Part 2

0G99: WWZ and Lifeboat Ethics, Part 1

0G98: Player of Games and AI Utopia, Part 1

0G97: Bioshock and Going Galt

0G96: Serenity and Positive Eugenics

0G95: Stargate Atlantis and Gamification

0G94: The Good Place and Universalist Enlightenment

OG93: Good Place and Scanlon's Contractualism

0G92: Watchmen and Subjective vs. Objective

0G91: Watchmen and The Absurd

0G90: Mandalorian and Masks

0G89: Empire Strikes Back and Taoism

0G88: Star Wars A New Hope and Just War Theory

Listener Qs 12

Listener Qs 11

0G87: Blindsight and Moral Realism, Part 3

0G86: Blindsight and the Value of Sentience, Part 2

0G85: Blindsight and Philosophical Zombies, Part 1

0G84: A Subway named Mobius and Emergent Properties

0G83: The Society and The State of Nature and Game Theory

0G82: Dr. Who's Girl in the Fireplace and the AI Alignment Problem

0G81: HBO's Watchmen and Reparations

0G80: Primer and the Ethics of Time Travel

0G79: The Ones Who Stay and Fight and The Paradox of Tolerance

0G78: Omelas and Distributive Justice

0G77: DS9 Heart of Stone and Deontology

0G76: The Golden Man and The Ubermensch

0G75: Repo Men and Organ Markets

0G74: Cloud Dragon Skies and Geoengineering

0G73: Snowpiercer and Social Contract Theory, Part 2

0G72: Snowpiercer and Environmental Injustice, Part 1

0G71: Willy Wonka and The Meritocracy Factory

Listener Qs 10

Listener Qs 9

0G70: The Power and Cyborg Feminism, Part 2

0G69: The Power and Cyborg Theory, Part 1

0G68: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Grief

0G67: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Grief

0G66: Striking Vipers and Multifaceted Virtual Identities

0G65: The Evitable Conflict and The Zeroth Law

0G64: I Am Mother and Care Ethics

0G63: Fury Road and Ecofeminism

0G62: One Punch Man and Process vs. Product

0G61: The Waldo Moment and Politics as Entertainment

0G60: Voyager and Procreation

0G59: Endgame and Moral Saints

0G58: Runaround and Three Laws of Robotics

0G57: Orphan Black and Human Cloning

0G56: Humans and Everyday AI

0G55: Cube and Kafkaesque

0G54: The Fifth Element and Manacheanism

0G53: Zima Blue and Projects of Worth

0G52: Infinity Wars and Overpopulation

0G51: The Ricklantis Mixup and Artistic Improvement

Listener Qs 8

0G50: The Ricklantis Mixup and Aesthetic Objectivity

0G49: The Ricklantis Mixup and Aesthetics, Part 1

Listener Qs 7

0G48: Groundhog Day and Buddhist Virtue Theory

0G47: Annihilation and Deep Ecology, Part 2

0G46: Annihilation and Catastrophic Destruction, Part 1

0G45: Star Trek Next Gen 4-22 and Cultural Relativism vs Ethical Pluralism

OG44: Bandersnatch and the Ethics of Mental Illness Representation, Part 2

0G43: Bandersnatch and Quantum Immortality

0G42: Today I am Paul and AI Elder Care

0G41: A Christmas Carol and Moral Motivation

NASA1: Battlefield Earth

0G40: Total Recall and Locke's Theory of Personal Identity, Part 2

0G39: Total Recall and Locke's Theory of Personal Identity, Part 1

0G38: Terminator 2 and Roko's Basilisk, Part 2

0G37: Terminator 2 and the Bootstrap Paradox, Part 1

0G36: The Matrix and Skepticism, Part 2

OG35: The Matrix and Skepticism, Part 1

Listener Qs 6

0G34: The Good Place and Moral Luck

Listener Qs 5

0G33: Aliens and The Second Sex

0G32: Alien and The Corporation as Sociopath

0G31: Snow Crash and Universal Language, Part 2

0G30: Snow Crash and Libertarianism, Part 1

0G29: Ex Machina and the AI Box Problem, Part 2

0G28: Ex Machina and Mary the Color Scientist, Part 1

0G27: Galaxy Quest and Toxic Fandom, Part 2

0G26: Pickle Rick and Toxic Fandom, Part 1

0G25: Minority Report and Time Paradoxes

0G24: Minority Report and Prescient Utilitarianism

0G23: Harrison Bergeron and Equality of Outcome

0G22: Gattaca and Genetic Determinism

OG21: DS9 Dax and Queer Personhood

Listener Qs 4

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0G20: Black Mirror, Hang the DJ, Part 2: Predicting Compatibility

0G19: Black Mirror, Hang the DJ, Part 1: Newcomb's Paradox

0G18: Dune Part Three, The Cycle of Politics

OG17: Dune Part Two, Kwisatz Haderach and Self-Perfection

OG16: Dune Part One, the Expositioning

OG15: Orville and the Prime Directive

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