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Political Animal

Political Animal

By: Rob
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The Political Animal is all about philosophy, theology, history, and culture. Rob has been teaching philosophy at the university level for over a decade and specializes in moral and political philosophy. Guided by Aristotle's declaration that Man is a Political Animal, Dr. Reed explores the virtues, customs, norms, and political structures that shape the good life together.Rob Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • So How Long Have Christians Opposed Abortion?
    Mar 22 2026

    In this episode we examine a common myth about Evangelical opposition to abortion that it making the rounds these days in the wake of Talarico's primary victory in Texas. We will examine this myth in the light of the teachings of the earliest Christians.

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    25 mins
  • Modern Moral Debate According To MacIntyre
    Jul 15 2025

    Why do contemporary moral debates seem to go nowhere? Why have we been arguing about the same issues for decades without any resolution? It seems that no one can rationally resolve these moral debates. While some take the interminability of moral debate to prove that moral judgments are rooted in subjective emotions, MacIntyre argues that our situation points to a historical catastrophe. In this episode, we dive into Chapter 2 of MacIntyre's After Virtue and try and figure out what is going wrong with moral discourse.

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    33 mins
  • MacIntyre And Contemporary Moral Confusion
    Jun 11 2025

    In this episode, we dive into the first chapter of After Virtue. MacIntyre suggests that we live in an age of moral confusion so severe that we lack any coherent moral framework. MacIntyre explains that we once had a suitable moral framework but it is lost. Now all we have are its fragments and so we do not properly have a practice of morality today at all, but only a parody of real moral practice. Furthermore, we do not even realize that this is our situation.

    Could MacIntyre be right? Are we really so morally confused? Do we not have at least some universal moral convictions? And how could we have lost the framework for morality without anyone noticing? We'll explore these questions and more.

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    44 mins
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