Philosophy Talk Starters

437: Polyamory


Listen Later

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/polyamory.
In most if not all modern Western societies, monogamy is the dominant form of romantic relationship. In polyamorous or "open" relationships, however, each person is free to love multiple partners at once. Just as our friendships are non-exclusive, advocates of polyamory believe our romantic relationship should be too. So why do so many people find polyamory distacteful, or even despicable? Is it immoral to love more than one person at a time? Or is our society's commitment to monogamy simply a fossil of tradition that could one day be obsolete? The Philosophers welcome back Carrie Jenkins from the University of British Columbia, author of "What Love Is: And What It Could Be."
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Philosophy Talk StartersBy Philosophy Talk Starters

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

54 ratings


More shows like Philosophy Talk Starters

View all
The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,763 Listeners

Philosophize This! by Stephen West

Philosophize This!

15,216 Listeners

The Rachel Maddow Show by Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

The Rachel Maddow Show

36,886 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,187 Listeners

The Gray Area with Sean Illing by Vox

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

10,745 Listeners

Ideas by CBC

Ideas

387 Listeners

Philosophy Bites by Edmonds and Warburton

Philosophy Bites

1,540 Listeners

Philosophy For Our Times by IAI

Philosophy For Our Times

316 Listeners

Ralph Nader Radio Hour by Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

1,193 Listeners

Stay Tuned with Preet by Preet Bharara

Stay Tuned with Preet

32,373 Listeners

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll | Wondery

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

4,150 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,166 Listeners

Theory & Philosophy by David Guignion

Theory & Philosophy

375 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,042 Listeners

Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

Letters from an American

5,761 Listeners