# substack philosophy (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover substack philosophy. Page: Feed: --- ## [Cohen “Robert Nozick and Wilt Chamberlain: how patterns preserve liberty” Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/cohen-robert-nozick-and-wilt-chamberlain) _2026-08-18 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Huh. Turns out the “separateness of persons” doesn’t ground libertarian conclusions, and third parties who still have their shares \*are\* adversely impacted by the re-emergence of economic inequality! ## [Zoom Info for the First Session of the Next Substack Philosophy Class Tomorrow](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/zoom-info-for-the-first-session-of) _2026-08-17 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ We're starting up G.A. Cohen's book "Self-Ownership, Freedom and Equality" tomorrow, with Cohen's essay dismantling Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain argument. ## [Friday Pick: "Yglesias, Israel, and Moderation" by Matt Bruenig](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/friday-pick-yglesias-israel-and-moderation) _2026-08-07 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ The perils of constantly gravitating to the middle of a constantly changing political spectrum ## [Nozick FINAL Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-final-recording-for-substack) _2026-08-04 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ We've done Anarchy. We've done State. Now it's time for Utopia. ## [Cohen Class Starting in Two Weeks](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/cohen-class-starting-in-two-weeks) _2026-08-02 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ The Substack Philosophy Class is finishing "Anarchy, State & Utopia" on Tuesday. The next Tuesday is off. After that, we're starting up on G.A. Cohen's "Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality." ## [Nozick Ch. 9 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-ch-9-recording-for-substack) _2026-08-01 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Nozick is clearly right that Locke can't coherently avoid saying parents own their children. But how NOZICK avoid having to say that? And what's this guy's theory of just original acquisition anyway? ## [Friday Pick: "The Left Is Rising, So Centrist Dems Are Cynically Woke Again" by Branko Marcetic](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/friday-pick-the-left-is-rising-so) _2026-07-31 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ After the 2024 election, centrist Dems absurdly tried to blame the Left for their own embrace of identity politics. They couldn't even keep up the pretense for two years. ## [Nozick LAST Ch. 8 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-last-ch-8-recording-for-substack) _2026-07-26 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ If Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose has a right to decide who uses his antlers however much it inconveniences the Woodland creatures, do capitalists have a right to do what they like with factories? ## [Socialism and Eglitarianism](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/socialism-and-eglitarianism) _2026-07-19 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ A response to Jesse Spafford ## [Nozick Fourth Ch. 8 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-fourth-ch-8-recording-for) _2026-07-11 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Is the market price of Napoleon's letters a counter-example to Marx's theory of value? Come to think of it, what IS Marx's theory of value? Also, some stuff about the Sorites Paradox. ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MBPIp5zs7oan) _2026-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [Bhaskar Sunkara vs. Jonathan Chait on DSA's Success](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/bhaskar-sunkara-vs-jonathan-chait) _2026-07-05 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Jonathan Chait imagines that the Democratic Socialists of America are crypto-Stalinists. Bhaskara Sunkara has a very different worry. ## [Nozick Third Ch. 8 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-third-ch-8-recording-for-substack) _2026-07-03 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Do symphony orchestras really demonstrate that workplace subordination isn't degrading, Nozick? Also, let's talk about the Prisoners' Dilemma! ## [Sufficientarianism and Trillionaires](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/sufficientarianism-and-trillionaires) _2026-06-28 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ A line-by-line response to "The Trouble with Inequality Politics" by Jerusalem Demsas ## [Nozick Second Ch. 8 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-second-ch-8-recording-for) _2026-06-23 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ What's the relationship between envy and egalitarianism? What happens to status hierarchies under full communism? And if Rawls denies free will do his basic premises about human dignity fall apart? ## [Nozick First Ch. 8 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-first-ch-8-recording-for-substack) _2026-06-16 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Does property come "attached to" rights-holders? Should doctors be allowed to sell recreational heart surgery to people who don't need it? Can you starve someone to death without violating any rights? ## [Nozick Last Ch. 7 Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-last-ch-7-recording-for-substack) _2026-06-13 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Is Rawls arguing in a circle when he includes natural assets in the veil of ignorance? And why doesn't state coercion to enforce property rights count as the state bringing about a given distribution? ## [Nozick Next-to-Last Ch. 7 Section II Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-next-to-last-ch-7-section) _2026-06-08 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ More Nozick vs. Rawls! Just one more session of Ch. 7 left. ## [How Should We Fit Salaried "Elites" Into Marxist Class Analysis?](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/how-should-we-fit-salaried-elites) _2026-05-31 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ My opening statement for a panel day before yesterday at UC-Irvine ## [Nozick Continuing Ch. 7 Section II Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-continuing-ch-7-section-ii) _2026-05-23 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Mostly just a general chat about left and right critiques of Rawls and how some of what Nozick says fits in. We'll be reading through the "Macro and Micro" subsection for Tuesday. ## [It's Hard to Make Sense of Marxism Without a Conception of Objective Human Flourishing](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/its-hard-to-make-sense-of-marxism) _2026-05-17 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Or: "Marx and Aristotle and Erik Olin Wright vs. William Clare Roberts and Dylan Riley and David Hume" ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/heSp2nkouoa5) _2026-05-17 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Nozick Starting Ch. 7 Section II Recording for Substack Philosophy Class for Paid Subscribers](https://benburgis.substack.com/p/nozick-starting-ch-7-section-ii-recording) _2026-05-16 · Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis_ Finishing up discussing the analogy between Nozick's "redistribution is forced labor" and Marx's "being mutely compelled to work hours of surplus labor is forced labor." Kicking off Nozick vs. Rawls.