How to Be a Better Listener

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I'm hard pressed to think of a cruel mean at hominem attack on us by by listeners, maybe one or two that we're just kind of funny. But even when they disagree and they disagree strongly so strongly in fact that they want to yell at us. It's just it's respect. They've been respectful and kind and said nice things to us about what we're doing. I don't take some credit for creating an atmosphere of discussion where we can express our views. We have like a solid group of the people who are willing to email us seem to be people who were willing not just to agree and you know suck our dicks about something but actually disagree.

Special guest Valerie Tiberius joins us to talk about values, well-being, and friendship. What role should reflection play in the good life? What about emotion? How can we make our values more consistent and sustainable? Do we know our friends better than we know ourselves? Plus, are philosophers experts? Experts of what? What are the boundaries of our discipline? And what motivates a gay Mormon to stay in the Church? In the first segment, David and Tamler list a few things they're grateful for on Thanksgiving, including you, the listeners (awwwwww...)

Links

National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation [wikipedia.org]
Valerie Tiberius personal website [sites.google.com]
Tiberius, V. (2012) Cell Phones, iPods, and Subjective Well-Being. In Brey, P., A. Briggle & E. Spence (Eds.). The good life in a technological age. Routledge. [verybadwizards.com]
Desire theories of well-being ( from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Well-Being) [plato.stanford.edu]

Special Guest: Valerie Tiberius.

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