The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Mar 23, 2021•51 min
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Episode description
The classic moral philosophy problem in the form of a short story! Or that's the popular perception anyway; GSV examines that reading, and Johnny presents a less popular one with more Cultural undertones as they examine Ursula K. Le Guine's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/
https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf
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