Questions of Value
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Patrick Grim
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We live in a world seemingly dedicated to questions of fact and finance. What should I invest in? What school district is the house in? But the fundamental questions of our lives are actually questions of value: What makes life worth living? Are there values that transcend cultural differences? Is all value subjective?
If you've ever felt the tug of such questions - or if you just want to fine-tune your ability to see how deeper questions of ethics and values apply to the choices that make up our lives - these 24 lectures bring to life the insights of thinkers and artists who have grappled with these questions for thousands of years.
Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." To examine these questions, Professor Grim casts a wide net, drawing from history, theoretical economics, game theory, theoretical biology, and sociobiology - with a few forays into physics, anthropology, and psychology.
But it isn't only scientists and historians who ask us to consider our values. Writers as varied as Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ursula Le Guin, Mark Twain, Anne Rice, and Jorge Luis Borges have also delved into the meaning of life and the values we live by.
In exploring the course's varied sources, Professor Grim takes great care to introduce each concept carefully so that each new concept builds on the last. His presentation - even of the most nuanced material - is consistently clear, even to those with no background in philosophy.
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- Stephen Lumsden
- 04-07-19
Solid set of ethics related lectures
A good set of easy to understand lectures from Grim, who is always accessible and enlightening.
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- Artemis
- 13-09-19
This audiobook is of value
It provides counter arguments to deterministic views on free will and I particularly liked the comparison of mathematics as a closed system to ethics.
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- J. Mann
- 18-06-20
Enjoyable and Challenging
This does cover a lot of philosophy - at the end Patrick Grim notes that although this wasn't designed as a history of philosophy or even a history of ethics course over these series of lectures he covers a lot of the greats.
However the course itself is more topic focussed and each lecture takes us through a particular issue related to value, such as whether ethics is a series of rules or it is more about making the right decision based on different outcomes available? It asks whether religion can inform values, whether value can be objective, whether value is all just culturally relative and if there is such a thing as value at all.
I think Grim is a good speaker and sets out the ideas he presents clearly. I feel he is a bit too anti-theist and doesn't always present the case for theism fairly, but also perhaps ironically that he raises some genuinely fascinating points about the spiritual/theological issues raised by questions of value but as he is a materialist he really lacks the resources to pursue them further.
Anyone who listens to this course would benefit from it and would it would help them think through the issues raised. It is also very informative and regardless of whether you personally discover the values you need to live by it does teach a lot about the topic also.
It is also a good length, it covered a lot and was neither overwhelming or left one feeling a topic hadn't been given enough explanation.
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- Ras
- 21-12-17
Terribly simple and unsophisticated
This course is extremely simple. It only covers very basics, albeit in a convoluted and boring manners. So frustrated.
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