PickVidsBest Philosophy & ethics Videos
The 98 Philosophy & ethics videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 8 introductory, 11 intermediate, 79 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, TED, Talks at Google.
Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]
Dominion is a two-hour documentary using drones and hidden cameras to expose conditions in animal agriculture, including food, clothing, entertainment and research.
Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"
The first episode of Michael Sandel's Harvard course on moral reasoning, opening with the trolley problem and the choice between killing one to save five.
We Were Taught to Call Death a Blessing
CGP Grey narrates an animated adaptation of Nick Bostrom's Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant.
Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety
Alain de Botton's 2004 documentary based on his book Status Anxiety, running over two hours.
Music and Life - Alan Watts
A two-minute animation of an Alan Watts talk arguing that life is like music: it is meant to be danced to in the moment, not rushed toward a final goal.
The Egg - A Short Story
Kurzgesagt animates Andy Weir's short story The Egg, in which a person learns that they are every human who has ever lived.
The Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summary
An illustrated 23-minute summary of David Friedman's talk based on The Machinery of Freedom.
Ep. 1 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Introduction
The first episode of John Vervaeke's lecture series on the modern meaning crisis, tracing its history through philosophy, cognitive science, religion and psychology.
Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen
Psychologist Melanie Joy's TEDxMunchen talk introduces carnism, the invisible belief system that conditions people to eat some animals but not others, and how it shapes reactions to food choices.
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan's narration of the Pale Blue Dot passage, reflecting on the Voyager photograph of Earth as a tiny speck in space.
Debate Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault - On human nature [Subtitled]
The full 1971 Dutch television debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault on human nature, with subtitles.
Optimistic Nihilism
Kurzgesagt's short animated take on optimistic nihilism.
Do Chairs Exist?
A Vsauce video exploring whether chairs exist, through metaphysics, mereology and the philosophy of categorizing objects.
College Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"
Neil Postman's 1997 lecture at College of DuPage, based on his book, argues that Americans treat technology as a national religion and depend on it to solve larger human problems.
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
Kurzgesagt makes a selfish case for improving the world, arguing that helping people far away raises prosperity and innovation for everyone, including yourself.
Richard Feynman on Pseudoscience
A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman explaining why he considers much of social science pseudoscience.
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: The Stoic Ideal
Michael Sugrue's lecture on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and the Stoic ideal, covering the text and its philosophy.
This Is Water by David Foster Wallace Full Speech
David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College, about the default settings of the mind, choosing what to pay attention to, and what we end up worshipping.
Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
Kurzgesagt's short animated video asks whether humanity should try to end aging, and argues the case for curing age-related disease.
If Brains are Computers, Who Designs the Software? - with Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett's Royal Institution lecture on whether the brain is a computer and where its software comes from.
Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage
Slavoj Zizek and Paul Holdengraber discuss surveillance and whistleblowers at the International Authors' Stage, ranging over Snowden, Assange, Pussy Riot and humor.
I'm Allowed to Rob You!
A short anarchist-leaning video by Larken Rose arguing that the Constitution and similar documents cannot legitimately grant anyone the right to take other people's property.
Terence Mckenna - Culture is your operating system
A short edited excerpt of Terence McKenna arguing that culture acts as an operating system for the mind, set to imagery and music.
Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett gives a Royal Institution talk toward a unified theory of information, tying together evolution, learning and engineering.