In this episode, we discuss the work of Domincan-born philosopher Dan-el Padilla Peralta, currently Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University. “Classics” is the study of ancient Greece and Rome, including their languages and philosophy. Peralta argues that the future of classics is in jeopardy, because these ancient societies fully embraced slavery. Philosophers like Plato…

Many animals appear to have the capacity for moral behavior- altruism and kinship exists in many species, not just humans. This suggests that much of our moral behavior was selected for by evolutionary processes. Some biologists have concluded that ethics is now in the province of evolutionary biology, not philosophy. Are moral philosophers out of…