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Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part Two)

November 13, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 5 Comments

Continuing with Dave Pizarro on articles by Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, and John Doris about situationism, which entails that people’s level of morality will vary by situation, as opposed to virtue ethics, which posits that how people will act in a novel situation will be determined by the quality of their character.

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Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part One)

November 6, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 7 Comments

On Stanley Milgram’s “Behavioral Study of Obedience” (1963), Philip Zimbardo’s “Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison” (1973), and John Doris’s “Persons, Situations, and Virtue Ethics” (1998).

Do difficult situations make good people act badly? Are there really “good” and “bad” people, or are we all about the same, but put in different situations? With guest Dave Pizarro from Very Bad Wizards.

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Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Citizen Edition)

November 6, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 5 Comments

On Stanley Milgram’s “Behavioral Study of Obedience” (1963), Philip Zimbardo’s “Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison” (1973), and John Doris’s “Persons, Situations, and Virtue Ethics” (1998).

Do difficult situations make good people act badly? Are there really “good” and “bad” people, or are we all about the same, but put in different situations?

End song: “Doing the Wrong Thing – Live” by Kaki King; listen to her on Nakedly Examined Music #54.

Episode 170 Second Opinions: Leftists on “Society of the Spectacle”

August 28, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 26 Comments

Mark and Seth ask Doug Lain (Zero Squared), Brett O’Shea (Revolutionary Left Radio), and C. Derick Varn (Symptomatic Redness) what they think of Debord and PEL’s treatment of the book on Ep #170.

End song: “Open Your Eyes (Wake Up)” from Tyler Hislop, interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #24.

Episode 170 Second Opinions: Leftists on “Society of the Spectacle” (Citizen Edition)

August 27, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

Mark and Seth ask Doug Lain (Zero Squared), Brett O’Shea (Revolutionary Left Radio), and C. Derick Varn (Symptomatic Redness) what they think of Debord and PEL’s treatment of the book on Ep #170.

End song: “Open Your Eyes (Wake Up)” from Tyler Hislop, interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #24.

Episode 170: Guy Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle” (Part Two)

August 21, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 10 Comments

More on the 1967 Situtationist book. Do we buy Debord’s critique? Is any merely partial critique (i.e., no revolution) just more spectacle? Is technology inherently dehumanizing? Don’t these passivity/anti-technology arguments even apply to books? Could Debord’s model of authenticity catch on in society as a whole?

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End song: “Millionaire” by The Mekons (1993); Jon Langford appears on Nakedly Examined Music #22.

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Episode 170: Guy Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle” (Part One)

August 14, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 24 Comments

What is culture? In modern capitalism, Debord’s 1967 book describes it as all about the economy. It’s not just our jobs that keep us trapped, but our life outside of working hours is also demanded by “the system” via our activity as consumers, and this commoditization infiltrates every corner of our lives. Debord wants us to WAKE UP, break our chains, and live lives of immediacy, vitality, and authenticity.

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