In this episode, your hosts get into the popular 2024 mystery novel, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. In a novel driven by the secrets characters keep from each other, Megan and Anastasia question the morality of deception and how much intentions and context matter. Megan introduces Thomas Hobbes' theory of Contractarianism as a tool to think through the morality of the actions of the Van Laars, the Hewitts, and Detective Judyta Luptak. Anastasia brings up the philosophical roots of the phrase "Eat the rich" and how it plays out at Camp Emerson. They wrap up the episode by feeling their feelings about the overall strength of character of the women in this book.
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