The Untitled Philosophy Podcast

In this episode David and I discus the importance of relationships in life and how they can not only give meaning, but give you something to strive towards and live for.

This week David and I explore some possible versions of the meaning of life. Well, to be clear, we are looking at Taylor, Nietzsche and Sartre. Over the next few podcasts we will be covering a few other versions and finally give you our own version of meaning in life. 

Today's episode is all about existence and pain (suffering).  Philosophers like David Benatar have argued that coming into existence  is always going to be a harm. Life is filled with pleasures, but the  pains are always going to be much worse. If this is the case, are we  always doing something morally wrong when we bring new people into the  world? Can we logically say that we are harming people by creating them  or harming future possible people that could be created? David and I try  to tackle these problems while still holding on to our sanity.

What is a vaccine passport? Well, we don't exactly know yet. It is some  kind of identification to prove you are vaccinated, but what form that  will take is unclear. In this episode David and I try to figure out  exactly what vaccine passports are, what they will look like and (most importantly) what the pros and cons of implementing them are.

In this episode David and I discuss the question 'why have children'  through the lens presented by Christine Overall in her book "Why Have  Children? The Ethical Debate". The main takeaway is that we really don't  have any solid reason (be they utilitarian or deontological) to have  children. This by no means results in us saying don't have kids, but it  does question the societal pressure to procreate.