Philosophy
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Action versus Contemplation
Book The description for this book is as follows: "'All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,' Blaise...
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A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions
Article In this article, from Brown University's Science and Technology Studies department, the author provides an introduction to making ethical decisions....
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A Philosopher Looks at Work
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we...
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A philosopher’s view: the benefits and dignity of work
Article In this article, Image Credit: Rafael Cavalcante/Flickr
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A Preface To Economic Democracy
Book In this book, Dahl explores the notions of liberty and equality, and argues that, contrary to Tocqueville's claim, the two...
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A Radical Cure: Hannah Arendt & Simone Weil on the Need for Roots
Article In this article, Remer draws on the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil to argue that the modern world...
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Aristotle and Aquinas on the Active and Contemplative Life
Video In this video, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame, and Dr. Meghan Sullivan (Rev. John...
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Aristotle: In Praise of Contemplation
Article In this article, the author explains Aristotle's belief that a good life is committed to contemplation. Barrientos shows that Aristotle...
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Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38
Video From the video description: "This week we explore final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle’s virtue theory. Hank explains the...
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Being rich wrecks your soul. We used to know that.
Article In this article, the authors use psychology and philosophy to argue that being wealthy is not healthy or good for...
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Bernard Williams Thought Experiment (Clip from "Utilitarianism: Crash Course")
Video In this video, Crash Course explains the basics of utilitarian philosophy, which is centered around the idea that the morally...
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Blaschko on the Active vs Contemplative Work Life
Video In this video, Paul Blaschko looks at how thinking about our work lives in terms of the "active vs. contemplative" debate...
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
The description for this book is as follows: "Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School...
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Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity...
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Excellence in opera or saving a life? Your choice.
Article In this article, Peter Singer questions where one ought to direct their charitable donations. For example, does donating to prevent...
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Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #16
Video In this video, Crash Course covers the philosophical idea of essentialism and its response – existentialism. The video then discusses...
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Existentialism Is a Humanism
The description for this book is as follows: "It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Jean-Paul Sartre,...
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Existentialist Praxis Beyond Marxist Idealism, or: How Can Sartre Help Us Today?
Article In this blog post in Columbia Law's Critique, Ringleb argues that Sartre's notion of seriality, or the formation of in-groups based...
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Good Work
Book The description for this book is as follows: "What does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow...
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Hackers and Painters
Article In this essay, Dr. Graham addresses creativity, time, and success in technology.
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Have Better Days With Marcus Aurelius' Daily Routine | Ryan Holiday on Practicing Stoicism
Video In this video, Ryan Holiday explores some of Marcus Aurelius' tips for living a better life. He explains how Aurelius...
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Hegel & Labour
Other In this talk by Paul Ashton, he lays out Hegel's view of labor and it application to today. Hegel, according...
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How Far Did Plato And Xenophon Support The Division Of Labour?
Article In this article, Sena Özyapı discusses the ancient roots of Adam Smith's idea of division of labor. She focuses on two...
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How Much Is Enough?
The description for this book is as follows: "What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money?...
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Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions
Video In this video, TED-Ed discusses Albert Camus. It offers some biographical background before exploring his philosophy. The video separates his...
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Kant and Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy
Video In this video, get a crash course on Kant and Categorical Imperatives. Categorical Imperatives are unconditional moral obligations which are binding in all...
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Karl Marx on Alienation
Video In this video, BBC Radio explains Marx's views on alienation. According to Marx, authentic work is what makes us human....
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Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Philosophical Text From the book description: "One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the...
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Loving Your Job Is a Capitalist Trap
Article In this article, Erin A. Cech claims that the pandemic forced Americans to reflect on their satisfaction with their work lives, prompting...
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Philosophical Text In this classic work of stoic philosophy, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius writes notes to himself recording his thoughts on the good...
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Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32
Video In this video, Crash Course covers metaethics – which probes the foundation of morality. The video begins by distinguishing metaethics from...
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Midlife
Book The description for this book is as follows: "How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead,...
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My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual
Book From the book description: "In My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers...
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New Seeds of Contemplation
Book The discription for this book is as follows: "New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton’s most widely read and...
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On the Orders of Work (Excerpts from Aristotle's "Politics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Politics, he explores the proper relationship between work, education, and government in a well-ordered society.
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Philosophy & Ethics of Technology | Is Technology Good, Bad or Neutral?
Video In this video, the ideas and arguments from the philosophy paper "Is Technology Value Neutral?" by Boaz Miller are covered....
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Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas
Video In this video, The School of Life discusses the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, specifically his attempts to reconcile faith and...
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Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3
Video In this video, Crash Course introduces the basics of Plato's and Aristotle's lives and philosophies.
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Plato's Best (And Worst) Ideas
Video In this video, TED-Ed lays out in broad terms the main ideas of Plato, and some of the consequences (good...
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Reading Quiz 01
Reading Quiz This reading quiz was used in the Ethical and Professional Issues course in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Notre...
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Should Work Be Passion, or Duty?
Article In this article, Firmin DeBrabander points out that, as factors like productivity and quality of life increase, other countries are working less...
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Status Anxiety
Book In this book, Alain de Botton explores the anxiety induced by fear of what others think of us. He explains...
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Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting
Book From the abstract of the book listed on the Oxford University Press Scholarship Online: "This book explores the implications of...
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The Best Action is the One in According with Universal Rules
Book In this book excerpt, James Rachels explains the Kantian view. This view states that people should always be treated as...
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The Best Action is the One That Exercises the Mind's Faculties
Philosophical Text In this philosophical text, Aristotle discusses what constitutes an ethical action. He argues that an ethical action is one that...
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The Best Action is the One with the Best Consequences
Book In this book excerpt, it examines three ethical models: utilitarian, Kantian, and Nicomachean. In studying the following sections, consider how...
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The Division of Labor
Video In this video, Dr. van Heerikhuizen explains the impact of the division of labor, drawing on the first chapter of Adam...
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The ethical foundations of economics in ancient Greece, focusing on Socrates and Xenophon
Other The abstract for this research article is as follows: Purpose Economics had a strong linkage to ethics up to the...
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The Intellectual Life
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Fr. Sertillanges's teachings are as timeless as any truths which describe the...
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The Irrelevance of Ethics
Book Chapter The abstract of this chapter is as follows:
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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
Book The description of this book is as follows: "The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion...
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Philosophical Text In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus explores what he takes to be the absurdity of the human condition. He likens us...
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The Need for Roots
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone...
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The Need for Roots brought home the modern era's disconnection with the past and the loss of community
Article In this article, Mishra connects Simone Weil's concept of uprootedness to her own experiences moving to a Himalayan village. Uprootedness...
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The pandemic has crushed young people’s spirits
Article In this article, Thomas S. Hibbs claims that the pandemic has given rise to widespread dislocation in a number of ways....
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The Return of Work in Critical Theory: Self, Society, Politics
Book In this book, the authors explore what work is and why it is significant for us as people. They begin...
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The Rise of the Meritocracy
The description for this book is as follows: "Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy." Indeed, the...
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The Trolley Problem
Video In this video, BBC Radio 4 discusses the famous Trolley Problem. In this ethical thought experiment, you witness that a...
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The Tyranny of Merit
The description for this book is as follows: "The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of...
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The Tyranny of Merit (Video)
Video In this video, Michael discusses what accounts for our polarized public life, and how we can begin to heal it....
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western...
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Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy
Video In this video, get a crash course on Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful...
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Virtue and Technology (part 1) Lecture Slides
Lecture / slides In these lecture slides, the Virtue Ethics framework is introduced as a framework for evaluating ethical issues in technology. These...
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Virtue and Technology (part 2) Lecture Slides
Lecture / slides In these lecture slides, Paul Blaschko and Sam Kennedy give a guest lecture to Walter Scheirer's Ethical and Professional Issues...
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Vita Activa and the Human Condition (Chapter 1)
Philosophical Text In the first chapter of her book The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt describes the "Vita Activa," or the active life...
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Vita activa, the Spirit of Hannah Arendt (Trailer)
Video In this video, the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) provides a trailer for a documentary presented at IDFA 2015...
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What Money Can't Buy
Book The description for this book is as follows: "In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role...
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What Work is Really For
Article In this essay, Professor Gary Gutting (who taught at the University of Notre Dame until 2019) approaches the question of...
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Whence and W(h)ither Technology Ethics
Book The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology gives readers a view into this increasingly vital and urgently needed domain of...
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WORK AND EMANCIPATORY PRACTICE: TOWARDS A RECOVERY OF HUMAN BEINGS’ PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES
Other The abstract for this paper is as follows: This article argues that productive work represents a mode of human flourishing...
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Work and the Good Life Method (Selections from "Nicomachean Ethics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he discusses what it takes to live a good life. Aristotle argues that, like...
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Work-Life Balance
Video In this video, The School of Life explains why work-life balance is impossible. They argue that our brains are generalists,...
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Writing Reflection 00: Ethical Frameworks
Writing Reflection The first writing reflection assignment for Ethical and Professional Issues in Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering department. The assignment asks...