May Moppets

This month we’re featuring episodes from the archives in which John and Ken focus on big thinkers born in May: Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469), Søren Kierkegaard (May 5, 1813), David Hume (May 7, 1711), and John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806). May also marks the anniversary of Karl Marx (May 5, 1818), who was the subject of a recent episode with Josh, Ray, and Vanessa Wills from Georgetown University, author of Marx’s Ethical Vision.

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Renaissance author and political philosopher.

Machiavelli

Guest: Maurizio Viroli, Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University
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Karl Marx, philosopher and economist, in a formal portrait.

Marx and Morality

Guest: Vanessa Wills, Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
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Portrait of Søren Kierkegaard, influential 19th-century philosopher.

Kierkegaard

Guest: Lanier Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
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Portrait of David Hume, philosopher

Hume

Guest: Don Garrett, Professor of Philosophy, New York University
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Black and white portrait of John Stuart Mill, philosopher and political economist.

J.S. Mill and the Good Life

Guest: David Brink, Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego
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