Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On the second half of "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality" from Vol. 2 of Either/Or (1843). How do we "absolutely" form a coherent self by embracing ethical conventions like marriage, friendship, and having a job?

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the partial examined life is sponsored by Givewell.
0:03.8	Maximize the power of your charitable contributions at givewell.
0:08.2	This episode of the partial examined life is sponsored by masterclass.
0:11.6	Get two memberships for the price of one at Masterclass.com
0:15.0	slash PEL.
0:17.0	You're listening to the partially examined life, a podcast by some guys who at one point
0:27.1	set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it.
0:30.1	Our question for episode 322 is something like,
0:33.4	what is an ethical way of becoming yourself?
0:37.0	And we're continuing our treatment of the Assad by Soren Kirka Guard,
0:39.6	the balance between the aesthetic and the ethical
0:41.6	and the development of the personality from
0:43.3	volume two of either or published in 1843. For more information about this book in
0:48.0	the podcast please see partially examined life.com. This is Mark Linson Meyer
0:51.2	with but one duty to do my homework for this episode in Madison, Wisconsin.
0:56.0	This is Seth Paskin, having intercourse, getting pregnant, and giving birth with by and to myself in Austin, Texas.
1:02.0	This is Wes All 1, having lost faith in Austin, Texas.
1:02.5	This is Wes Owen, having lost faith in the callous common sense
1:05.7	of the estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1:08.4	This is Dylan Casey, concretizing my actuality
1:12.0	in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:13.8	All right, so we are continuing our discussion
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