#5 Edward Montgomery

Edward is an Air Force Academy Teacher & Pilot and is currently doing his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. His research interests are at the intersection of eastern and western philosophy, particularly focusing on what it means to be an ethical person. He is a great guy to converse with and I am sure you will find something interesting in this wide-ranging conversation that includes topics on education and teaching, philosophy, the tension between the individual and the group, Zen, Japanese society, and more.  Links to references mentioned in the podcast
https://wordhunters.com/5-edward-montgomery/

Chapters

• 0:16 Intro and Edward's backround
• 4:19 Joining the Academy
• 7:39 Time at St. Johns
• 8:27 PHD at Hawaii
• 14:28 Air Force Academy Students
• 21:15 Phd Dissertation Topic
• 24:39 Zen practice and Japan
• 27:12 Japanese sense of responsibilty
• 29:13 Differences between Japan and western schools
• 31:31 Aristotle and the 'Why'?
• 34:10 Virtue Ethics compatible with democracy?
• 36:51 Intensive agrarian societies and harmony
• 40:52 the individual and society