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⚖️ Moral Inversion

When what was once considered virtuous becomes villainous, or vice versa — exploring the unsettling reversals that reveal the contingency of moral norms.
Graven Images
by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957
Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.
4.17
12
🧠 Moral Philosophy✝️ Catholic Moral Theology🛡️ Honor Codes
Graven Images Summary
Graven Images 87%
Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.
by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957
4.17
12 ratings
🧠 Moral Philosophy✝️ Catholic Moral Theology🛡️ Honor Codes
The Dark Sides of Empathy
by Fritz Breithaupt • 2019
Empathy can fuel cruelty: the more we feel another's pain, the more we enjoy inflicting it.
3.63
59
📚 Empathy Studies🧭 Moral Psychology🕳️ Dark Empathy
The Dark Sides of Empathy Summary
The Dark Sides of Empathy 87%
Empathy can fuel cruelty: the more we feel another's pain, the more we enjoy inflicting it.
by Fritz Breithaupt 2019
3.63
59 ratings
📚 Empathy Studies🧭 Moral Psychology🕳️ Dark Empathy
Just Babies
by Paul Bloom • 2013
Three-month-olds know right from wrong. The rest of morality is deciding who counts.
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4k+
🧠 Moral Psychology👶 Innate Morality💞 Empathy Research
Just Babies Summary
Just Babies 87%
Three-month-olds know right from wrong. The rest of morality is deciding who counts.
by Paul Bloom 2013
3.71
4k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology👶 Innate Morality💞 Empathy Research
Moral Minds
by Marc Hauser • 2006
Morality runs on innate grammar, like language, shared across cultures, revealed in the brain.
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1k+
🧠 Moral Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Ethics👶 Innate Morality
Moral Minds Summary
Moral Minds 87%
Morality runs on innate grammar, like language, shared across cultures, revealed in the brain.
by Marc Hauser 2006
3.74
1k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Ethics👶 Innate Morality
Making Gay Okay
by Robert R. Reilly • 2014
How rationalizing sodomy built a new reality, silenced dissent, and exported its logic worldwide.
3.67
357
⚖️ Natural Law⛪ Catholic Social Teaching🛡 Culture Wars
Making Gay Okay Summary
Making Gay Okay 86%
How rationalizing sodomy built a new reality, silenced dissent, and exported its logic worldwide.
by Robert R. Reilly 2014
3.67
357 ratings
⚖️ Natural Law⛪ Catholic Social Teaching🛡 Culture Wars
The Moral Landscape
by Sam Harris • 2010
Facts and values aren't separate. Well-being is the bridge, and the brain is the evidence.
3.90
24k+
🏛️ Moral Philosophy🧪 Science Of Morality😊 Well-Being Science
The Moral Landscape Summary
The Moral Landscape 86%
Facts and values aren't separate. Well-being is the bridge, and the brain is the evidence.
by Sam Harris 2010
3.90
24k+ ratings
🏛️ Moral Philosophy🧪 Science Of Morality😊 Well-Being Science
The Quest for a Moral Compass
by Kenan Malik • 2014
Every civilization searched for right and wrong. None of them arrived at the same place.
4.14
530
🧭 Moral Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas🏛️ Virtue Ethics
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass 86%
Every civilization searched for right and wrong. None of them arrived at the same place.
by Kenan Malik 2014
4.14
530 ratings
🧭 Moral Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas🏛️ Virtue Ethics
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré • 2013
50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.
3.83
121
🧠 Moral Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics📖 Philosophy Primer
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know 86%
50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.
by Ben Dupré 2013
3.83
121 ratings
🧠 Moral Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics📖 Philosophy Primer
Back to Virtue
by Peter Kreeft • 1986
Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.
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🏛️ Virtue Ethics📜 Moral Theology🐍 Seven Deadly Sins
Back to Virtue Summary
Back to Virtue 86%
Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.
by Peter Kreeft 1986
4.29
861 ratings
🏛️ Virtue Ethics📜 Moral Theology🐍 Seven Deadly Sins
The Abolition of Man
by C.S. Lewis • 1943
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
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🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
The Abolition of Man Summary
The Abolition of Man 86%
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
by C.S. Lewis 1943
4.12
42k+ ratings
🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
We Who Wrestle with God
by Jordan B. Peterson • 2024
Genesis as a map of the psyche: lose the story, lose the structure of meaning.
3.93
4k+
🕮 Biblical Interpretation🏛 Cultural Criticism⚖ Moral Philosophy
We Who Wrestle with God Summary
We Who Wrestle with God 86%
Genesis as a map of the psyche: lose the story, lose the structure of meaning.
by Jordan B. Peterson 2024
3.93
4k+ ratings
🕮 Biblical Interpretation🏛 Cultural Criticism⚖ Moral Philosophy
The Righteous Mind
by Jonathan Haidt • 2012
Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.
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67k+
🧠 Moral Psychology🔴 Political Polarization⚡ Moral Intuition
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind 86%
Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.
by Jonathan Haidt 2012
4.19
67k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🔴 Political Polarization⚡ Moral Intuition
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1887
Morality was born when the powerless turned resentment into a weapon and called it virtue.
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🧠 Moral Philosophy📚 Continental Philosophy🔍 Moral Psychology
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals 86%
Morality was born when the powerless turned resentment into a weapon and called it virtue.
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887
4.12
36k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Philosophy📚 Continental Philosophy🔍 Moral Psychology
The Moral Life of Children
by Robert Coles • 1986
What if a six-year-old facing a mob has more moral clarity than a psychologist's theory?
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68
🧠 Moral Psychology💰 Class And Morality📖 Narrative Ethics
The Moral Life of Children Summary
The Moral Life of Children 86%
What if a six-year-old facing a mob has more moral clarity than a psychologist's theory?
by Robert Coles 1986
3.82
68 ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology💰 Class And Morality📖 Narrative Ethics
The Simpsons and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2001
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
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📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy 86%
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
by William Irwin 2001
3.45
4k+ ratings
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
by David R. Koepsell • 2012
A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.
3.30
274
🎬 Media Philosophy📺 Tv Criticism⚖️ Applied Ethics
Breaking Bad and Philosophy Summary
Breaking Bad and Philosophy 86%
A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.
by David R. Koepsell 2012
3.30
274 ratings
🎬 Media Philosophy📺 Tv Criticism⚖️ Applied Ethics
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1887
All philosophy is secret autobiography, and your morality is a confession of the drives ruling you.
4.16
452
🏛️ Continental Philosophy⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔍 Critique Of Morality
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals Summary
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals 86%
All philosophy is secret autobiography, and your morality is a confession of the drives ruling you.
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887
4.16
452 ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔍 Critique Of Morality
Godless
by Dan Barker • 2008
No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.
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7k+
📜 Biblical Criticism💬 Atheist Apologetics🚪 Deconversion Stories
Godless Summary
Godless 86%
No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.
by Dan Barker 2008
3.97
7k+ ratings
📜 Biblical Criticism💬 Atheist Apologetics🚪 Deconversion Stories
Briefly
by David Mills Daniel • 2007
The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.
3.79
205
🧠 Situation Ethics✝️ Christian Ethics📚 Moral Philosophy
Briefly Summary
Briefly 86%
The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.
by David Mills Daniel 2007
3.79
205 ratings
🧠 Situation Ethics✝️ Christian Ethics📚 Moral Philosophy
Standpoints
by Svend Brinkmann • 2018
Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.
3.77
787
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics
Standpoints Summary
Standpoints 86%
Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.
by Svend Brinkmann 2018
3.77
787 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics
Ethics for the Real World
by Ronald A. Howard • 2008
Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.
4.02
6k+
🏢 Business Ethics⚖️ Ethical Decision Making🧠 Moral Psychology
Ethics for the Real World Summary
Ethics for the Real World 86%
Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.
by Ronald A. Howard 2008
4.02
6k+ ratings
🏢 Business Ethics⚖️ Ethical Decision Making🧠 Moral Psychology
Maxims
by François de La Rochefoucauld • 1665
Every virtue is self-interest in a mask. Even your humility is pride that learned to bow.
4.03
5k+
🧠 Moral Psychology🎭 Self-Deception✒️ Aphoristic Philosophy
Maxims Summary
Maxims 86%
Every virtue is self-interest in a mask. Even your humility is pride that learned to bow.
by François de La Rochefoucauld 1665
4.03
5k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🎭 Self-Deception✒️ Aphoristic Philosophy
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
by Jacob M. Held • 2011
Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.
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🧠 Pop Philosophy📚 Children'S Literature⚖️ Moral Dilemmas
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy 86%
Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.
by Jacob M. Held 2011
4.14
441 ratings
🧠 Pop Philosophy📚 Children'S Literature⚖️ Moral Dilemmas
One Nation Under Therapy
by Christina Hoff Sommers • 2005
Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.
3.60
376
🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture🏛️ Cultural Criticism⚖️ Personal Accountability
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy 86%
Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005
3.60
376 ratings
🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture🏛️ Cultural Criticism⚖️ Personal Accountability
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy
by Richard Greene • 2007
Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.
3.73
201
🎞️ Film And Philosophy🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy⚡ Nietzschean Thought
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy Summary
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy 86%
Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.
by Richard Greene 2007
3.73
201 ratings
🎞️ Film And Philosophy🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy⚡ Nietzschean Thought
The Road to Character
by David Brooks • 2015
Two kinds of virtue compete in every life. The modern world only teaches the shallower one.
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27k+
🧘 Virtue Ethics🪴 Character Development📖 Cultural Criticism
The Road to Character Summary
The Road to Character 86%
Two kinds of virtue compete in every life. The modern world only teaches the shallower one.
by David Brooks 2015
3.65
27k+ ratings
🧘 Virtue Ethics🪴 Character Development📖 Cultural Criticism
Batman and Philosophy
by Mark D. White • 2008
Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.
3.76
2k+
📺 Pop Culture Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics💥 Comic Book Analysis
Batman and Philosophy Summary
Batman and Philosophy 86%
Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.
by Mark D. White 2008
3.76
2k+ ratings
📺 Pop Culture Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics💥 Comic Book Analysis
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
by Jonathan Haidt • 2016
Politics feels like good vs. evil because each side is blind to the other's moral concerns.
4.11
349
🗳️ Political Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology🧨 Political Polarization
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? 86%
Politics feels like good vs. evil because each side is blind to the other's moral concerns.
by Jonathan Haidt 2016
4.11
349 ratings
🗳️ Political Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology🧨 Political Polarization
The H Factor of Personality
by Kibeom Lee • 2012
The personality trait that predicts who will exploit you was missing from science until 2000.
4.03
494
🧠 Personality Psychology📊 Trait Models🎭 Social Exploitation
The H Factor of Personality Summary
The H Factor of Personality 86%
The personality trait that predicts who will exploit you was missing from science until 2000.
by Kibeom Lee 2012
4.03
494 ratings
🧠 Personality Psychology📊 Trait Models🎭 Social Exploitation
Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2005
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
4.14
2k+
🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It 86%
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
In Praise of Prejudice
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2007
The war on prejudice backfires: it returns as conformity, atomization, and state control.
4.04
521
🗣️ Social Commentary🏛️ Cultural Conservatism📜 Defense Of Tradition
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice 86%
The war on prejudice backfires: it returns as conformity, atomization, and state control.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007
4.04
521 ratings
🗣️ Social Commentary🏛️ Cultural Conservatism📜 Defense Of Tradition
The Least of All Possible Evils
by Eyal Weizman • 2012
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
4.19
224
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils 86%
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
by Eyal Weizman 2012
4.19
224 ratings
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
Evil
by Julia Shaw • 2019
Why normal people do terrible things, and why calling them evil makes everything worse.
3.57
4k+
🕊️ Moral Psychology💀 Human Cruelty🎭 Dehumanization
Evil Summary
Evil 86%
Why normal people do terrible things, and why calling them evil makes everything worse.
by Julia Shaw 2019
3.57
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Moral Psychology💀 Human Cruelty🎭 Dehumanization
Memnoch the Devil
by Anne Rice • 1995
A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.
3.76
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🧠 Philosophical Horror😈 Sympathetic Devil⛪ Theological Fantasy
Memnoch the Devil Summary
Memnoch the Devil 86%
A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.
by Anne Rice 1995
3.76
87k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Horror😈 Sympathetic Devil⛪ Theological Fantasy
The Science of Good and Evil
by Michael Shermer • 2004
Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤝 Evolution Of Morality✨ Secular Ethics
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil 86%
Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.
by Michael Shermer 2004
3.91
3k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤝 Evolution Of Morality✨ Secular Ethics
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
by Marquis de Sade • 1791
Orphaned and destitute, Justine clings to virtue as the world repays her goodness with cruelty.
3.69
4k+
🖤 Libertine Fiction💭 Philosophical Erotica🕊️ Persecuted Innocence
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Summary
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings 85%
Orphaned and destitute, Justine clings to virtue as the world repays her goodness with cruelty.
by Marquis de Sade 1791
3.69
4k+ ratings
🖤 Libertine Fiction💭 Philosophical Erotica🕊️ Persecuted Innocence
How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
by Andy Andrews • 2011
A democracy dies the same way eleven million people did: one lie at a time.
4.06
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📉 Democratic Decline🤥 Political Deception🕯️ How Evil Happens
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Summary
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? 85%
A democracy dies the same way eleven million people did: one lie at a time.
by Andy Andrews 2011
4.06
4k+ ratings
📉 Democratic Decline🤥 Political Deception🕯️ How Evil Happens
The Bonobo and the Atheist
by Frans de Waal • 2013
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
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🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist 85%
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
by Frans de Waal 2013
4.15
6k+ ratings
🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy
The Plus
by Greg Gutfeld • 2020
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
3.98
1k+
🙃 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Cancel Culture🧠 Intellectual Humility
The Plus Summary
The Plus 85%
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
by Greg Gutfeld 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🙃 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Cancel Culture🧠 Intellectual Humility
The Case against Perfection
by Michael J. Sandel • 2007
Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.
3.83
2k+
🧬 Bioethics🧫 Genetic Engineering🧪 Human Enhancement
The Case against Perfection Summary
The Case against Perfection 85%
Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.
by Michael J. Sandel 2007
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Bioethics🧫 Genetic Engineering🧪 Human Enhancement
Doctor Strange and Philosophy
by Mark D. White • 2018
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
4.27
44
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics
Doctor Strange and Philosophy Summary
Doctor Strange and Philosophy 85%
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
by Mark D. White 2018
4.27
44 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics
The Satanic Bible
by Anton Szandor LaVey • 1969
Satan as symbol, sin as sacrament, self as sovereign: the book that made indulgence a religion.
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😈 Modern Satanism🍷 Carnal Philosophy🧍 Individualist Ethics
The Satanic Bible Summary
The Satanic Bible 85%
Satan as symbol, sin as sacrament, self as sovereign: the book that made indulgence a religion.
by Anton Szandor LaVey 1969
3.42
15k+ ratings
😈 Modern Satanism🍷 Carnal Philosophy🧍 Individualist Ethics
The Expanding Circle
by Peter Singer • 1981
Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.
4.02
626
🧬 Evolutionary Ethics📈 Moral Progress⚖️ Utilitarianism
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle 85%
Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.
by Peter Singer 1981
4.02
626 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Ethics📈 Moral Progress⚖️ Utilitarianism
Invisible Rivals
by Jonathan R Goodman • 2025
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
3.76
33
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating
Invisible Rivals Summary
Invisible Rivals 85%
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
by Jonathan R Goodman 2025
3.76
33 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating
The Joy of Pain
by Richard H. Smith • 2013
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
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⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain 85%
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
by Richard H. Smith 2013
3.45
268 ratings
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
by Gregory Bassham • 2003
Free will, the Ring's corruption, and the rescue no one earned: philosophers on Middle-earth.
4.27
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🧙 Tolkien Studies📖 Literary Criticism🧠 Pop Culture Philosophy
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy 85%
Free will, the Ring's corruption, and the rescue no one earned: philosophers on Middle-earth.
by Gregory Bassham 2003
4.27
5k+ ratings
🧙 Tolkien Studies📖 Literary Criticism🧠 Pop Culture Philosophy
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés • 1851
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
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135
✝️ Catholic Political Thought🏛️ Political Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 85%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 ratings
✝️ Catholic Political Thought🏛️ Political Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
Suicidal Empathy
by Gad Saad • 2026
Too much empathy, aimed wrong, can destroy the civilization extending it. An evolutionary diagnosis.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🗳️ Political Commentary💔 Empathy Critique
Suicidal Empathy Summary
Suicidal Empathy 85%
Too much empathy, aimed wrong, can destroy the civilization extending it. An evolutionary diagnosis.
by Gad Saad 2026
4.16
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🗳️ Political Commentary💔 Empathy Critique
Answers for Aristotle
by Massimo Pigliucci • 2012
Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.
3.76
352
🧠 Moral Psychology🌿 Naturalistic Ethics🪤 Cognitive Biases
Answers for Aristotle Summary
Answers for Aristotle 85%
Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.
by Massimo Pigliucci 2012
3.76
352 ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🌿 Naturalistic Ethics🪤 Cognitive Biases
God, Freedom, and Evil
by Alvin Plantinga • 1973
Why an all-powerful God cannot create a world of free, flawless creatures.
4.04
1k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Religion✝️ Theodicy🕊️ Free Will Defense
God, Freedom, and Evil Summary
God, Freedom, and Evil 85%
Why an all-powerful God cannot create a world of free, flawless creatures.
by Alvin Plantinga 1973
4.04
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Religion✝️ Theodicy🕊️ Free Will Defense
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