
Think Deeper. Live Better. Most podcasts give you answers. American Socrates gives you better questions.
Host Matt Rupert — Professional Philosopher, Part-time Podcaster — applies the lost art of Socratic thinking to the decisions, relationships, and cultural debates shaping everyday American life. This is not a philosophy class. It's not another self-help podcast. Just rigorous, honest thinking ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 61 | Founded | a year ago |
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Isn't Morality Just the Golden Rule? Most people think the Golden Rule is about fairness — treat others the way you want to be treated. But fairness and forgiveness are not the same thing, and the difference matters. This episode ex... more
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What do we owe people who do not yet exist? This episode begins with the “seventh generation” principle of the Iroquois Confederacy—evaluating decisions by their impact 150 years into the future—and asks why that standard feels so a... more
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“Don’t judge” is often treated as the highest moral command, but this episode argues that tolerance has never meant moral silence. Drawing on the classic formulation of the paradox of tolerance by Karl Popper, we examine how a socie... more
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We’re told that happiness is a choice and that we are fully responsible for our own lives. This episode questions that assumption and asks whether the good life is really a private achievement. Drawing on virtue ethics, the African ... more
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