Resiliency Rounds
Resiliency Rounds is your guide to the Good Life. Hosted by Dr. Aneesh Pakala and Dr. Jeremy Hirshberg. Each episode discusses the Good Life as described in the Great Books of the Western and Eastern world. The conversations cover Plato's dialogues, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Stoic Philosophy, Kant's Categorical Imperative, teachings of the Buddha, and The Bhagvad Gita's non-dualistic philosophy. The audience will get a practical guide on using these ancient texts to resolve their problems in the modern world.
Resiliency Rounds
Episode 16: The Foundations of Moral Obligation
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In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh contemplate the life experiences of Admiral James Stockdale. Known as the 'Philosophical Fighter Pilot,' his trials and triumphs as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War inspired the creation of a highly sought-after and esteemed course on philosophical leadership - The Foundations of Moral Obligation (also known as 'the Stockdale Course').
You can read his essay, 'Courage Under Fire' here:
StockdaleCourage.pdf (hoover.org)
The Foundations of Moral Obligation reading list:
Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, & Crito
Plato: Republic
Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics
Kant: On Enlightenment
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
Thucydides: Melian Dialogue
Charter of the United Nations
Kant: Perpetual Peace
Tolstoy: Death of Ivan Ilych
Elie Weisel: Night
Epicurus: Letter to Meneoceus
The Bhagavad Gita
Dostoyevsky: The Grand Inquisitor
Neitzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra
Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus
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