Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Discussions
Named “TOP 20 PHILOSOPHY PODCAST” for 2022! Brought to you by “After Dinner Conversation” publishing; thoughtful discussions about the philosophy and ethics found in the short fiction stories from our monthly magazine. Or, put another way, discussions about “what-if” examples, across literary genres, regarding ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, utilitarianism, aesthetics, moral relativism, and political and economic philosophy.
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2023!
STORY SUMMARY: After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby wraps up the Season Five podcast and answers ten listener questions.
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: In this work of philosophical short story fiction, a civilization-sized space ship has been flying to populate the surr...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Zoe gets a knock on her door from the Department of Public Health. T...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: When, if ever, is it okay to let evil win? Should all wars be fought to the bitter end, or is ending the suffering of y...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: What makes a “religious” holiday? Does the combination of ritual, culture, and family custom all merge together to crea...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: What do we lose when we leave childhood and become adults? Is this a good thing? Can we, at least for a moment, turn ba...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: Is it appropriate to hold politicians accountable for their past votes, their past actions, and their past opinions, ev...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: A review of “Newcomb’s paradox” and “Roko’s Basilisk,” asks the question, it is better to help build a super AI when fa...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: Should medicine developed through privately funded research be auctioned off to the highest bidder or distributed to th...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: Is acceptable to consume art that reflects the “depraved, the cruel, the violent, and the heartless” aspects humanity? ...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: Should a criminal suffering from the remorse of the crime he committed be permitted to be freed of that pain? In this w...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!
STORY SUMMARY: How do you find common ground with those that believe in a vast, intricate, media conspiracy to hide the truth? In thi...
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: Are there certain things you shouldn’t be able to insure against? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, t...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby wraps up the Season Four podcast and answers ten listener questions.
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Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: The narrator is walking down a small-town street when he comes across the devil, relaxing on vacation for the holidays. The narrator knows it is the devil because of his horns and goat legs. He also has a few small demon children in tow. The narrator, surprised, stops the devil to talk to him...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: The prison medical doctor is called in the middle of the night to take care of Fuzzy, an uneducated, mostly toothless, prisoner who has spent the majority of his life behind bars. Fuzzy, it seems, has gotten into eating cheese, something that strongly disagrees with his stomach and causes sev...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: Jane goes to visit her parents over the Christmas holiday. She has recently learned that her parents, under a program that favors the rich and elite, had had her genetically modified before she was born to be the best possible version of herself. Jane is crushed at learning that her life succ...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: Kiki has a problem, the computer program that continually whispers the best choices, the Infinity System, is broken. She has been using it for years and simply doing what it says. Following its advice has become second nature to her. She heads into the shop to get it looked at, and finds out ...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: Beth and Bob are expecting a baby. However, in this future, womb carried babies have been almost entirely replaced by the far safer “womb farms.” Beth has already decided she wants to have a natural pregnancy and carry the baby to term herself. She is shunned by others who see it as dangerous...
Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!
STORY SUMMARY: A traveling salesman sits at the bar after a long day drinking bourbon. He is approached and cleverly pitched a new product he has discovered on a distant rim planet, Life. The product stops the aging process. The first batch is free, and the salesman returns eight years later to get into the...
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