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Seeking Life

Seeking Life

By Shaler Keenum

In this weekly podcast join me in learning how to live well. Covering a variety of topics important to life, we will seek to live a life that constantly moves towards human flourishing (eudaimonia). That's generally what we do here.
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On Racial Inequality

Seeking LifeJun 02, 2020

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On Racial Inequality

On Racial Inequality

I haven't made an episode in a while, but I cannot remain silent on the racial inequality in our country. We must work to improve the racial inequality that systemically pervades our society.
Jun 02, 202015:37
019 - New Beginnings

019 - New Beginnings

This week, we will discuss beginnings and endings and how these go together. We will also briefly discuss time as a concept.
Dec 30, 201916:14
018 - It's Not About Me

018 - It's Not About Me

Christmas is this week, so to fit with the spirit of the season, we are going to discuss the nature of joy and how it ties in with selflessness.
Dec 23, 201922:17
017 - Family and Tradition

017 - Family and Tradition

This week, we will continue discussing some Christmas related topics by discussing family and tradition. We will largely emphasize choosing to see family members as friends and how this is beneficial.
Dec 16, 201925:41
016 - Materialism and... Stuff...

016 - Materialism and... Stuff...

This week, we will take a look at materialism through the lens of the prevalence of materialism around Christmas. We will also look some at mind-body dualism and monism and the relation of these to materialism.
Dec 09, 201925:01
015 - Morality Wars

015 - Morality Wars

This week we will discuss morality. We will look at the three main moral systems: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. We will also see how these can be seen in popular culture through the Avengers movies.
Dec 02, 201928:07
014 - Thinking of Thanks

014 - Thinking of Thanks

Thanksgiving is this week so it is only fitting that we discuss thankfulness. In this episode, we will consider the nature of thankfulness as well as its connection to optimism. We will also discuss the difference between being "thankful for" and "thankful to."
Nov 25, 201928:14
013 - Fate, Luck, and Free Will

013 - Fate, Luck, and Free Will

Seeing as 13 is typically regarded as an unlucky number, I figured we might as well take this week to discuss fate, luck, and free will. We will discuss Voltaire and Tolstoy's arguments against free will and the implications of these.
Nov 18, 201932:52
012 - What is Man?

012 - What is Man?

An essential question that we deal with is: What does it mean to be human? This week, we will look at this question and seek to answer it partially by looking at the states of nature described by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
Nov 11, 201930:27
011 - Peace and Quiet

011 - Peace and Quiet

Peace and rest are essential to living well. This week, we will discussion the relationship between peace, calm, and quiet as we seek to find a more restful life.
Nov 04, 201920:49
010 - What Makes Us Happy

010 - What Makes Us Happy

This week we will discuss what it is that makes us happy. We will go over several key qualities that these things must have and work to find what actually can lead to our happiness. We will be using some quotes from Pascal to help discover these qualities.
Oct 28, 201932:41
009 - Let's Talk About Love

009 - Let's Talk About Love

We all love something in life. This week we will discuss the Platonic tripartite soul, ordering of the soul, and ordering of loves. We will work to see the value of properly ordering what we love.
Oct 21, 201931:02
008 - Contentment vs Satisfaction

008 - Contentment vs Satisfaction

We all desire satisfaction. In this week's episode we will discuss what satisfaction and contentment mean, how they are different, and how they relate to each other. We strive to be content yet never satisfied.
Oct 14, 201931:41
007 - The Illusion of Relative Truth

007 - The Illusion of Relative Truth

Relative truth commonly comes up in our society's understanding of truth. In this episode, we will discuss what relativism and truth mean, delve a little into what perspectivism is, and discuss what it means to seek after truth.
Oct 07, 201929:14
006 - Why Virtue?

006 - Why Virtue?

This week, we will discuss what exactly virtue means, why we should even pursue it, and how to pursue virtue. We will see that virtue is possible in all aspects of life and be challenged to start seeking virtue daily.
Sep 30, 201931:28
005 - My Life Philosophy

005 - My Life Philosophy

In this week's episode, we will discuss how to live well on a large scale. We will learn how to ask questions and philosophize with the intent of constantly learning how to live well.
Sep 23, 201928:59
004 - Finding Friendship

004 - Finding Friendship

In this week's episode, we will learn about three different types of friendship, all of which are important. We will discuss the traits, benefits, and challenges of each of these types of friendship.
Sep 16, 201933:22
003 - Forget the Future

003 - Forget the Future

In this episode, we will discuss how we often lose track of the present because we are often focused on establishing a future we can never be certain of. We will learn together how to better live in the present by forgetting the future.
Sep 09, 201929:46
002 - Be Intentional, Live Small

002 - Be Intentional, Live Small

In this episode, we will begin to discover how to live well with an emphasis on the effort and focus we should put into life.
Sep 02, 201930:24
001 - Who Am I?

001 - Who Am I?

In this episode, we will discuss who I am, who you are, and who we all are. We will learn about what identity is and what it means to know who you are.
Aug 26, 201933:13
000 - Eudaimonia (Preview)

000 - Eudaimonia (Preview)

In this preview episode, we will discuss what it means to live life well, how to seek after a life of eudaimonia (human flourishing), and talk about the purpose and hopes of this podcast.
Aug 14, 201905:39