Monogamy

Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On episode 16 of Overthink, Ellie and David dive into monogamy. Ellie jumps into her obsession with reality shows centered around monogamy that are actually examples of polyamory, aka the entire Bachelor franchise. Then they discuss the appeal to nature that is often made when talking about monogamy as well as Aristophanes’ story of the one, the potential negatives of all-consuming love, cheating, and more!

Works Discussed:
Plato, Symposium
Angela Willey, Undoing Monogamy
Harry Chalmers, "Is Monogamy Morally Permissible?"
Kyle York, "Why Monogamy is Morally Permissible"
Vinciane Despret, What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?
Tristan and Iseult
Louise Crane, "The Truth About Swans"

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ellie Anderson.
0:09.2	And I'm David Pena Guzman.
0:11.0	Welcome to Overthink.
0:12.6	The podcast, where two friends, who are also professors, put philosophy and dialogue with the everyday.
0:18.3	Because big ideas are within everyone's reach.
0:21.6	Hi everyone.
0:26.6	Hi everyone.
0:31.6	Welcome to the second episode in our four-part series on intimate relationships.
0:46.3	David, did you know that I love the Bachelor franchise,
0:49.9	like The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, the TV shows?
0:54.5	Honestly, it surprised me initially, but now it makes perfect sense.
0:55.7	Oh my God.
0:56.8	What does that mean?
1:04.3	I think it combines your appreciation for trash TV that you can love, hate on a personal level,
1:08.0	as well as destroy from an intellectual standpoint. Oh, for sure.
1:08.6	I just, like, love it and critique it at the same time.
1:11.3	I guess that's, like, how I am with everything.
1:13.3	Maybe you, too.
1:14.9	I just hate, I never love.
1:18.3	Well, yeah, I started watching it a number of years ago
1:20.7	with our fellow philosopher, Lauren Gilmette,
1:23.7	and we would watch it and critique it as scholars of feminist theory.
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