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New Books in BiographyThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2436 min
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2335 min
NBN Book of the DayThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
New Books in Political ScienceThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
New Books in Big IdeasThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
New Books in Higher EducationThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
Scholarly CommunicationThe Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela HieronymiToday I’m thrilled to launch a brand new series for the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast. 20 years ago, Princeton University Press published a short volume with an excellent title: On Bullshit (Princeton UP, 2025). Written by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit was adapted from an essay that explored the meaning, uses, and consequences of bullshit.
At just 80 pages, On Bullshit became a favorite of readers, selling over 1 million copies and spending 27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s not often that a work of philosophy breaks through to the mainstream, but readers of On Bullshit quickly disc...
2025-06-2336 min
The Free Will ShowEpisode 100: P. F. Strawson’s “Freedom and Resentment” and Ethical Naturalism with Pamela HieronymiIn this episode, we talk with Pamela Hieronymi about P. F. Strawson’s classic paper “Freedom and Resentment,” his ethical naturalism, and her recent Gifford Lectures.Pamela's website: https://hieronymi.humspace.ucla.edu/Pamela's book: Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of MoralsTwitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
2025-05-2656 min
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyWrestling with Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism (Throwback)Original Air Date: 6/13/2023 Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Membership 20% off for the Holiday! Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) ...
2024-12-251h 09
Tov! A Podcast About ”The Good Place” and Jewish IdeasSpecial Episode: Pamela Hieronymi, Philosopher and Consultant on The Good Place!Yet another “insider” conversation with someone from the Good Place team! Pamela Hieronymi is a philosophy professor at UCLA with whom Michael Schur spoke early on in the show’s development. Pamela talks with Dan Ross and Jon Spira-Savett about some of the moral emotions, like envy, resentment, and blame; whether one can in fact try to be good and whether some people have limits on how good they can become; reframing the matter to center another’s experience of being disrespected rather than the calculation of one’s own rightness or blame; what effect death or immortality have on our mor...
2023-07-281h 09
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyWrestling with Ethical Consumption Under CapitalismAir Date 6/13/2023 Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! ...
2023-06-141h 08
Robinson's Podcast80 - Pamela Hieronymi: Free Will and Moral ResponsibilityPamela Hieronymi is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. Before that, she did her undergraduate studies at Princeton and received her PhD from Harvard. Her work extends in a variety of directions, but some areas she works in include moral psychology, the philosophy of mind, ethics, and the philosophy of action. In this episode, she and Robinson discuss free will and moral responsibility, the topic of an upcoming book entitled Minds that Matter. Pamela begins by introducing moral psychology and the role of analytic philosophy in the debate over free will. Then she and Robinson discuss the extent to which...
2023-04-231h 16
Five QuestionsPamela HieronymiI ask the philosopher Pamela Hieronymi five questions about herself.
Pamela Hieronymi is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA and the author of “Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals” (2020).
2022-08-0922 min
Don't Panic! We're All Going to Die#12: Trying to be Perfect with Pamela HieronymiWhat does it mean to be a good person? What does it mean to be ethical? Is running someone over with a train the same thing as stealing their organs?These are the kind of questions Professor Pamela Hieronymi spends her time asking herself. After graduating with Harvard with a Ph.D. in philosophy, Pamela began teaching and publishing articles relating to her areas of interest: Ethics, Moral Responsibility and Free Will.In academic circles, she is considered an expert in moral psychology. However, in recent years many people have been exposed to her work...
2022-05-2957 min
New Books in PsychologyPamela Hieronymi, "Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals" (Princeton UP, 2020)An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper "Freedom and Resentment" is one of the most influential in modern moral philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines, from psychology to sociology. In Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals (Princeton UP, 2020), Pamela Hieronymi closely reexamines Strawson's paper and concludes that his argument has been underestimated and misunderstood. Line by line, Hieronymi carefully untangles the complex strands of Strawson's ideas. After elucidating his conception of moral responsibility and his...
2022-04-2149 minNew Books in Big IdeasPamela Hieronymi, "Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals" (Princeton UP, 2020)An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper "Freedom and Resentment" is one of the most influential in modern moral philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines, from psychology to sociology. In Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals (Princeton UP, 2020), Pamela Hieronymi closely reexamines Strawson's paper and concludes that his argument has been underestimated and misunderstood. Line by line, Hieronymi carefully untangles the complex strands of Strawson's ideas. After elucidating his conception of moral responsibility and his...
2022-04-2147 min
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastPamela Hieronymi, "Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals" (Princeton UP, 2020)An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper "Freedom and Resentment" is one of the most influential in modern moral philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines, from psychology to sociology. In Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals (Princeton UP, 2020), Pamela Hieronymi closely reexamines Strawson's paper and concludes that his argument has been underestimated and misunderstood. Line by line, Hieronymi carefully untangles the complex strands of Strawson's ideas. After elucidating his conception of moral responsibility and his...
2022-04-2147 min
PhilosophyPodcasts.Orgfreedom and resentment Pamela Hieronymi (UCLA) Freedom, resentment and the metaphysics of morals An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson’s influential “Freedom and Resentment.” P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper “Freedom and Resentment” is one of the most influential in modern moral philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines, from psychology to sociology. In Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals, Pamela Hieronymi closely reexamines Strawson’s paper and concludes that his argument has been underestimated and misunderstood. Line by line, Hieronymi carefully untangles the complex strands of Stra...
2022-04-1336 min
Nobody Listens to Paula PoundstoneEp 174 - Our Ethics InvestigationYes, your favorite podcast is caught up in an ethics investigation… in that we are investigating ethics! UCLA Philosophy Professor Pamela Hieronymi is here to discuss where our ideas of Right and Wrong come from, and what to do with those ideas once we have ‘em. Also - at long last, we’re done with “Eat, Pray, Love” - join us for the thrilling conclusion! Plus, Bonnie and Toni offer an oral report on Eritrea. Why? Well, we have to find new listeners somewhere, right?GUESTDr. Pamela HieronymiProfes...
2021-11-091h 21
Analytischer KaffeeplauschEpisode 14 – Wenn Geisteswissenschaftler*innen ans Filmset kommenNachdem wir uns in der letzten Folge mit einer theoretischen Abhandlung zu wissenschaftlichen Berater*innen bei Filmen beschäftigt haben, schauen wir uns in dieser Folge je ein Beispiel aus unseren Disziplinen – der Philosophie und der Linguistik – an. Erfahrt dabei, wie eine Linguistin es schafft, eine Aliensprache zu lernen, und wie ein Philosoph einen Kantianer zum Lügen bringt.
Intro/Outro: Thomas Höhl
Ideen/Vorschläge/Kommentare: analytischer-kaffeeplausch@gmx.de
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– Jessica Wolf: How a UCLA philosophy professor...
2021-08-081h 24
Ethical Theory ReviewFreedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of MoralsWould the discovery that determinism is true undermine moral responsibility? Should it? In this episode I interview Pamela Hieronymi about her new book Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals, which offers a new interpretation of P.F. Strawson's influential argument that the discovery of determinism would and should not threaten our practices of moral responsibility.
2021-04-211h 07
Escape To Your Ears To A Vivid Full Audiobook.The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! by unknownPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498419to listen full audiobooks.
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Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Release date: March 23, 2021
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Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and f...
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Title: The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine!
Series: #46 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Author: unknown
Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Release date: March 23, 2021
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and f...
2021-03-2310h 36Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! by unknownPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498419to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine!
Series: #46 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Author: unknown
Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Release date: March 23, 2021
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary:
Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and f...
2021-03-2310h 36
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! by unknownPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! Series: #46 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Author: unknown Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, a...
2021-03-2330 min
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThe Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! by unknownPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! Series: #46 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Author: unknown Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, a...
2021-03-2330 minDiscover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThe Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! by unknownPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498419to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine!
Series: #46 of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Author: unknown
Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Release date: March 23, 2021
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur. - Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and f...
2021-03-2310h 36
The Scholars & Storytellers PodcastWhat would Leslie Knope do?This teen-focused episode about civic engagement in media features a conversation with Michael Schur, Dr. Pamela Hieronymi, and Navia Robinson, moderated by Maira Karan. Michael Schur is the creator of “The Good Place” and co-creator of “Parks and Recreation.” Dr. Pamela Hieronymi is a professor of philosophy at UCLA and consulted on “The Good Place.” Our teen guest, Navia Robinson, is an actress in Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home” and Netflix’s “Free Rein.” Our moderator, Maira Karan, is a Ph.D. student at UCLA and a CSS Junior Fellow.
2021-02-1756 min
The Gray Area with Sean IllingBest of: The moral philosophy of The Good PlaceAfter creating and running Parks and Recreation and writing for The Office, Michael Schur decided he wanted to create a sitcom about one of the most fundamental questions of human existence: What does it mean to be a good person? That’s how NBC's The Good Place was born.Soon into the show’s writing, Schur realized he was in way over his head. The question of human morality is one of the most complicated and hotly contested subjects of all time. He needed someone to help him out. So, he recruited Pamela Hieronymi, a pr...
2020-12-311h 42
Four Cubits(Un)Compromised ForgivenessIn this episode, Jeff and Eli discuss Pamela Hieronymi’s seminal essay “Articulating an Uncompromising Forgiveness.” After a brief discussion about the revolution that Hieronymi wrought in moral philosophy, they dig into the differences between seeking forgiveness and apologizing. They then explore the areas in which Jeff’s account of apologies diverge from Hieronymi’s depiction.Show Notes:To read Hieronymi’s essay, click/tap here. To read Jeff’s essay on apologies, click/tap here.
2020-09-1446 min
International Festival of Arts & IdeasON BEING GOOD: A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOOD PLACE PHILOSOPHERSPhilosophers Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, who served as philosophy advisors on the acclaimed television comedy, The Good Place (NBC), explore the nature of goodness and its role in society, an especially poignant and visceral subject against the backdrop of the current public health crisis.LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS
2020-06-3000 minThe Gray Area with Sean IllingThe moral philosophy of The Good Place (with Mike Schur and Pamela Hieronymi)After creating and running Parks and Recreation and writing for The Office, Michael Schur decided he wanted to create a sitcom about one of the most fundamental questions of human existence: What does it mean to be a good person? That’s how The Good Place was born.Soon into the show’s writing, Schur realized he was in way over his head. The question of human morality is one of the most complicated and hotly contested subjects of all time. He needed someone to help him out. So, he recruited Pamela Hieronymi, a professor at UCLA spec...
2019-12-091h 42
Philosophy Talk Starters281: Freedom, Blame, and ResentmentMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/freedom-blame-and-resentment
When someone acts without regard for our feelings or needs, a natural response is to feel resentment toward that person. But is that a rational response? What if there's no such thing as free will? Is blame still appropriate in a deterministic universe? Or are we simply genetically programmed to respond emotionally to perceived injuries? John and Ken talk freely with Pamela Hieronymi from UCLA, author of "The Will as Reason."
2015-11-0211 min
Philosophy Talk: Select EpisodesFreedom, Blame, and ResentmentMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/freedom-blame-and-resentment.
When someone acts without regard for our feelings or needs, a natural response is to feel resentment toward that person. But is that a rational response? What if there's no such thing as free will? Is blame still appropriate in a deterministic universe? Or are we simply genetically programmed to respond emotionally to perceived injuries? John and Ken talk freely with Pamela Hieronymi from UCLA, author of "Reflection and Responsibility."
2012-05-1249 minBillboardsFreedom, Blame, and ResentmentMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/freedom-blame-and-resentment.
When someone acts without regard for our feelings or needs, a natural response is to feel resentment toward that person. But is that a rational response? What if there's no such thing as free will? Is blame still appropriate in a deterministic universe? Or are we simply genetically programmed to respond emotionally to perceived injuries? John and Ken talk freely with Pamela Hieronymi from UCLA, author of "Reflection and Responsibility."
2012-05-1249 minSelect EpisodesFreedom, Blame, and ResentmentMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/freedom-blame-and-resentment.
When someone acts without regard for our feelings or needs, a natural response is to feel resentment toward that person. But is that a rational response? What if there's no such thing as free will? Is blame still appropriate in a deterministic universe? Or are we simply genetically programmed to respond emotionally to perceived injuries? John and Ken talk freely with Pamela Hieronymi from UCLA, author of "Reflection and Responsibility."
2012-05-1249 min