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Enjoy this first crack at a new little mini episode format called "Extra Credit," where I dive a little deeper into some of the things in a recent episode that didn't make the cut for the full podcast.

01:45 | The Heart of Whiteness: Normal Sexuality and Race in America, 1880-1940 by Julian B. Carter. Pg. 1

07:35 | Carter, pg. 42. I accidentally wrote this as "Barbarians aren't anxious" when I was giving the script to Mady, but the actual quote is "Barbarians are not nervous." I apologize for the mix-up! But I think the quote still conveys Carter's original meaning.

What do teeth have to do with ethics? Well, strap in and take a ride through my childhood, the history of dentistry, and several dozen references to 90's children's cartoons to find out!

If you’ve got a smooth groove you’d love to have featured on the podcast, or are interested in exchanging your voice talents for trinkets, homemade trophies, and one-digit amounts of dollars, email me at [email protected].

10:30 | Analysis of Neanderthal teeth marks uncovers evidence of prehistoric dentistry | KU News

12:05 | The Birth of the Most Important 18th Century Dental Text: Pierre Fauchard’s Le Chirurgien Dentist - Andrew I. Spielman, 2007

27:25 | Why Smiles Generate Leniency - Marianne LaFrance, Marvin A. Hecht, 1995

27:34 | The influence of tooth colour on the perceptions of personal characteristics among female dental patients: comparisons of unmodified, decayed and 'whitened' teeth | British Dental Journal

27:43 | Satisfaction and attitudes of the student population about dental aesthetics | Journal of Health Sciences

27:51 | Does dental appearance impact on employability in adults? A scoping review of quantitative and qualitative evidence | British Dental Journal

27:58 | Filling in the Gap: How Dental Aesthetics Impact Future Outcomes through Inferences of Competence - ProQuest

28:04 | Dental Esthetics and Its Impact on Psycho-Social Well-Being and Dental Self Confidence: A Campus Based Survey of North Indian University Students - PMC

38:44 | 2024 Oral Health Surveillance Report: Selected Findings | Oral Health | CDC

39:05 | Oral Health in America, David Satcher

Let's do some philosophy of our own! We'll work on some inductive arguments for why being a billionaire might be morally problematic, and what it says about us when we try to think about this stuff. Also, bussin' it down, ARISTOTLE STYLE.

 00:23 Head of UN's World Food Programme Warns of Famines without more international aid

01:31 COP26: Billionaires must step up, says the World Food Programme

02:31 Elon Musk Said He'd Give $6 Billion to End World Hunger If the UN Could Explain How — They Did, But He Didn't Give Them a Dime

18:18 Jeff Bezos returns the compliment, calls Warren Buffet a 'hero' who 'has a lot of wisdom'

35:02  “Ethical Design of Computers: From Semiconductors to IoT and Artificial Intelligence,” Sundeep Paschrika and Marilyn Wolf 

40:07 Arrested Development, Season 2, Episode 15, "Sword of Destiny"

50:08 The Melian Dialogue

Let's explore ethics and ethical reasoning through Hume, Alan Turing, and 16th century Japanese martial arts training!

Is it morally defensible to be a billionaire? What do philosophers across history think? And how many corrupt rich rulers can a yeongno eat?

References:

Elaine Schwartz, Degree in a Book: Economics, Arcturus Publishing, 2023.

22:53: David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years, pgs. 23 and 28

33:10: Ed. and Trans by Robin Hard, Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes, with Other Popular Moralists, Oxford Press.

35:34: Enchiridion, trans. by Nicholas P. White, Hackett Press, p. 17.

37:23: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, trans. and ed. by Maurice Cranston, p. 81.

43:35 and following: Diogenes, Sayings and Anecdotes, pgs. 110 and 147.

47:00: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, https://books.google.com/books/about/Tal_and_Talchum.html?id=GE1vBgAAQBAJ 

50:46: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1097b10-15

Today we talk about what I mean when I say, "Ethics is deeply personal." We'll also touch on formal logic, what "epistemology" means, and why Geordi is always ejecting perfectly good warp cores out of the Enterprise.

References:

10:30 Black Feminist Thought, p. 270.

12:20 Black Feminist Thought, p. 271

15:55 Black Feminist Thought, p. 284

It's a bite-sized nugget of tasty ethics! Chew on this ten minute romp through space, time, and ethics where we discuss WK Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief," an influential 1877 paper about moral and epistemic responsibility.

You can read the whole paper here for free!

Or you can read the Wikipedia article about it.

What is public health, and what does it have to do with philosophy?

Paul Starr, "Seductions of Sim: Policy as a Simulation Game," The American Prospect no. 17 (Spring 1994): 19-29.

Benjamin Svetkey, "SimEarth," Entertainment Weekly, January 13, 1995.

P. Gatseva, M. Argirova, "Public health: the science of promoting health," The Journal of Public Health, 30 March, 2011.

Rene Descartes, Meditations, p. 93 (Hackett Press)

Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, p. 6-7.

Jonathan McIntosh, "Wall-E as Sociological Storytelling"

Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Vol. 1, p. 138.

John T. Correll, "Serial Air Invasion of Burma: March 5 - March 11, 1944," National WWII Glider Pilots Association.

How do you navigate the dilemma of personal liberty and social responsibility? And who is Hippocrates?

References:

WHO: Vaccines are safe

CDC: Vaccines are safe

13:52 "On the Sacred Disease" from the Hippocratic Corpus

32:14 "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect" by Philippa Foot

37:40 Guillan-Barre Syndrome

41:50 Jane Lawrence, 2000. The Indian Health Service and the Sterilization of Native American Women. American Indian Quarterly. 24(3) University of Nebraska Press. 400-419.

A dive into the listener mailbag! THis episode deals with:

- Is it wrong to bring the dead back to life?

- Is it possible to go backwards, or only go the other way?

- Why are swear words bad?

- *muffled chicken queries*

00:00 “Diego Rivera Rondo” by Peter Owens

00:30 Labastida, Jaime (1993). Encuentros Con Diego Rivera. El Colegio Nacional. pp. 260–261.

03:27 “Frankens-dyin’” by Peter Owens

09:41 “An Undetermined Fate” by Philip Ayers

18:06 “Mugen Sunset” by Peter Owens

24:37 “Tiniest Dog in the World” by Peter Owens

28:30 “Confutatis” in Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, © Chœur des Marais, Villefranche sur Saône, Fr

30:10 “English vs. Arabic” from Mohammed in Texas by Mo Amer, Fair Use

34:21 “Circle” by Otherguys

36:50 “George Costanza at the Beach” by Peter Owens

43:22 “Making the Trip Home” by American Legion