Episodes

8 episodes in this season

Dust and Dreams

68 min

Disintegrating This World

64 min

Constantly Risking Absurdity

68 min

The Prospects of Freedom

76 min

A Renaissance of Wonder

68 min

Something to Say about Reality

72 min

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Murmur of the Absolute

67 min

No Other End of the World

79 min

Ideas of the 20th Century

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20261h 7m

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Murmur of the Absolute

Season 2 · Episode 7 · May 29, 2026

In lecture seven, we consider the post-World War II revival of moral normativity, driven by the recognition of real evil and the need for objective moral standards beyond personal preference. We examine two major theories of distributive justice: John Rawls’s “justice as fairness,” grounded in the social contract, original position, and veil of ignorance, and Robert Nozick’s historical theory of justice, which emphasizes legitimate acquisition and individual liberty over patterned distributions. The lecture concludes by considering the tension between fairness and liberty, as well as Rawls’s later concerns about maintaining consensus in increasingly diverse societies.

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Ideas of the 20th Century

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20261h 7m

DocumentaryTalkWar & Politics

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Murmur of the Absolute

Season 2 · Episode 7 · May 29, 2026

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