We need a formula for deciding conflicts between virtue and (seeming) advantage. With hosts Chris Anadale, Katherine Bradshaw, and Ethan Alexander-Davey.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Book 3, Chapters 19-28
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INDEX
0:00 Introduction to Episode 42
1:03 Book 3 Ch 19-20, Need for a Formula
8:03 Book 3 Ch 21-22, Theft is Most Contrary to Nature
14:17 Book 3 Ch 23-24, Bond Between Citizens
19:48 Book 3 Ch 25-26, Align Individual with Community Benefit
26:51 Book 3 Ch 27-28, One Rule for All
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
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HOSTS
Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Katherine L. Bradshaw is a Latin and Greek Fellow with the Ancient Language Institute and a Ph.D. student in Humanities through Faulkner University. She has an M.A. in Classics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in English from the George Washington University.

Ethan Alexander-Davey is associate professor of political science at Campbell University, where he teaches all the courses on political theory and constitutional law. He is co-editor, with Richard Avramenko, of Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, and Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue Authority and Inequality, both published by Lexington Books.
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TEXTS
Translation we read from: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/texts-political-thought/cicero-duties?format=PB&isbn=9780521348355

Another (free) translation: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/cicero-on-moral-duties-de-officiis
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Chapters

  • (00:00:00) - Introduction to Episode 42
  • (00:01:03) - Book 3 Ch 19-20, Need for a Formula
  • (00:08:03) - Book 3 Ch 21-22, Theft is Most Contrary to Nature
  • (00:14:17) - Book 3 Ch 23-24, Bond Between Citizens
  • (00:19:48) - Book 3 Ch 25-26, Align Individual with Community Benefit
  • (00:26:51) - Book 3 Ch 27-28, One Rule for All

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