{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 23: The Walking Dead and Hobbes; Better off dead?","description":"Welcome one and all to Professor Metal's Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary with the Philosophical Chain Gang.\r\n \r\nToday's Episode is The Walking Dead and Hobbes: Better off Dead?\r\n \r\nSean and Ryver talk about what The Walking Dead is\r\nThe Philosophers discuss why zombies are not the focus of the show\r\nRyver brings in how this relates to the work of Thomas Hobbes\r\nSean talks about how Hobbes looks at human nature\r\nRyver and Bruce expand on this view\r\nSean discusses Hobbes as a response to Rousseau\r\nBruce talks about books that try to highlight Rousseau's ideas\r\nRyver and Sean bring up Lord of the Flies and the Ring of Gyges, which very much supports Hobbes\r\nThe Philosophers talks about the themes from Hobbes in The Walking Dead and other post-apocalyptic media\r\nRyver and Bruce discuss how this relates to Game Theory and the Cold War\r\nSean talks about the psychology that would lead to confrontational behaviour between the groups in The Walking Dead\r\nProfessor Metal presents questions about Canadian Zombies\r\nThe Philosophers discuss other post-apocalyptic media\r\nSean looks at how media wherein the Social Contract is stripped away looks at what happens when this occurs.\r\nBruce and Sean discuss how that plays out in the history of the real world\r\nRyver and Sean talk about how this relates to our current social contract\r\nBruce brings up that the economics of survival in the small groups in The Walking Dead make interpersonal conflict a luxury they really cannot afford\r\nSean discusses the importance of approval within the group as a powerful motivator\r\nRyver and Bruce discuss the motivations and advantages of the formation of societies\r\nSean talks about the other side of the post-apocalyptic coin: when our civilization takes off ahead of us, such as the storyline of Terminator\r\nRyver and Bruce expand on this point\r\nSean brings up that which enemy we fight in a given media is, perhaps, not as important as the fact that we are fixated on having media with some kind of enemy\r\nBruce and Sean raise the question of what we are like without civilization, and how what we think the answer is tells us something about ourselves\r\nRyver takes the last word to talk about The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, and why he disagrees with some ideas raised therein.\r\n\r\nAnd as always please give us your honest review on iTunes and Stitcher. It helps us make the show better with every one we get to read. \r\n\r\n\r\nHelp keep the show going and the moon safe by supporting us on Patreon \r\n\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/patreon.com\/Philosophy \r\n\r\n\r\nHelp keep us from disappearing by engaging us on the social media platform of your choice: \r\n\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.philosophicalchaingang.com \r\n\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/professormetal \r\n\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PChainGang \r\n\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PChainGang \r\n\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/PChainGang\/ \r\n\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/pchaingang.tumblr.com\/ \r\n\r\n ","author_name":"Professor Metal's Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary","author_url":"http:\/\/www.PhilosophicalChainGang.com","html":"