The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast

In this episode, Prof. Jaworski and I discuss the relationship between business and ethics, the ethical scope of the marketplace, and various objections to the practice of paying people for blood plasma—a market that undoubtedly saves numerous lives. Peter Jaworski is an Associate Teaching Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He specializes in business and medical ethics, and holds a doctorate in philosophy from Bowling Green State University. Get full access to Uncommon Wisdom at jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Dr. Bhattacharya and I discuss various aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic: the differences between the Alpha and Delta strains, whether vaccine policy is more about paternalism than public health, the efficacy of both mask wearing and the vaccines, the vulnerability of (especially young) children to the virus, and much more.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is Professor of Medicine at Stanford Medical School, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economics Research, and Professor, by Courtesy, of Economics. He holds an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Economics, both from Stanford University. Get full access to Uncommon Wisdom at jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Prof. Miller and I discuss the value of good character, the empirical evidence showing that most of us are morally mediocre (not too good; not too bad), what steps we can take to develop better character, whether developing it bumps us against diminishing marginal returns, and to what extent, if any, religious folks tend to have better character than secular folks. Most of the discussion was based on his excellent 2018 book, The Character Gap (Oxford University Press).Prof. Christian Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forrest University. His research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. Get full access to Uncommon Wisdom at jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com/subscribe

In this inaugural podcast episode, Prof. Timmerman and I discuss how he became a professional philosopher, the work of the most famous living philosopher Peter Singer, effective altruism, the ethics of sweatshops, and whether heaven would be boring, among other fascinating topics.Prof. Travis Timmerman is a Philosophy Professor at Seton Hall University. He specializes in normative and applied ethics, and the philosophy of death. Get full access to Uncommon Wisdom at jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com/subscribe