In this 71st episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dan Flores on “The Not So Golden Rule,” the title of an essay that Dan published in Philosophy Now magazine.
Dan is a Professor of Philosophy and also the Director of the Northwest Honors College at Houston community college. His interests are within the realm of metaphysics and philosophy of science, specifically causation and explanation; also philosophy of religion and logic. Daniel has a passion for teaching logic. He is also involved with the New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society having served as the Society’s President, Secretary, and Editor-In-Chief of the Society’s peer reviewed journal, Southwest Philosophical Studies.
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Notes
- Dan Flores, “The Not So Golden Rule,” Philosophy Now magazine 125 (2018), https://philosophynow.org/issues/125/The_Not_So_Golden_Rule.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- John C. Maxwell.
- Harry Gensler.
- The Golden Rule Society.
- Marriott’s Golden Rule Web site, and their commercial:
- The Being John Malkovich IMDB page.
You Tell Me!
For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Dan posed the following question in this episode:
“Do you think that philosophers in particular or intellectuals more generally should have more or less of a place in the public sphere?”
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