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.
Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
A short excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED talk showing a capuchin monkey fairness experiment in which two monkeys are paid unequally, one with cucumber and one with grapes.
A Conversation with Bertrand Russell (1952)
A 1952 filmed interview in which Romney Wheeler talks with philosopher Bertrand Russell at his home in Surrey.
Identity After Authenticity: Abigail Thorn's Profile
A philosophy lecture by Professor Moeller on the philosophy of identity.
R. P. Feynman on the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman on the difference between knowing the name of something and actually knowing it.
Why ChatGPT Can't Draw a Full Glass of Wine
Alex O'Connor shows that ChatGPT cannot draw a wine glass filled to the brim, and ties the failure to David Hume's missing shade of blue.
Rick Roderick on Baudrillard - Fatal Strategies [full length]
Rick Roderick's 1993 lecture on Baudrillard, the last in his series The Self Under Siege.
Sir Roger Penrose & William Lane Craig • The Universe: How did it get here & why are we part of it?
Physicist Roger Penrose and philosopher William Lane Craig discuss the origin of the universe on the Unbelievable?
The Problem With Human Rights
A philosophy video critiquing the concept of human rights from a Marxist perspective, drawing on Locke, Marx, Nietzsche, Hegel and Rawls.
PHILOSOPHY - Michel Foucault
A School of Life short introducing Michel Foucault, who questioned assumed progress in how society treats madness, medicine and sexuality.
Sam Harris - Death and the Present Moment
Sam Harris's talk at the 2012 Global Atheist Convention on the secular attitude toward death and living in the present moment, with a guided meditation element.
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
The closing speech from Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film The Great Dictator, in which the barber appeals for humanity, kindness and liberty over machinery and cleverness.
Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World 🍔
A Kurzgesagt animated explainer on meat: why people love it and what it costs animals, the environment and health.
Richard Feynman on hungry philosophers (or do we see objects or only their light)
A one-minute clip from Richard Feynman's 1979 Auckland lecture in which he answers whether you see an object or only its light.
David Foster Wallace reads "Consider the Lobster" (on the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival)
A reading of David Foster Wallace's essay Consider the Lobster, about the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival and the ethics of boiling lobsters alive.
Aldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace : 1958 (Full)
Mike Wallace interviews Aldous Huxley in 1958 about the warnings in Brave New World, including mass persuasion, overpopulation and voluntary totalitarianism.
The Secret Reason We Eat Meat - Dr. Melanie Joy
Social psychologist Melanie Joy introduces the concept of carnism, the belief system that conditions people to eat some animals but not others.
Swami Sarvapriyananda at IITK - "Who Am I?" according to Mandukya Upanishad-Part 1
A lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda at IIT Kanpur on the Mandukya Upanishad and the question 'Who am I?'.
Is Your Red The Same as My Red?
Vsauce explores qualia and whether different people experience colors the same way.
The illusion of consciousness | Dan Dennett
Philosopher Dan Dennett argues in a TED talk that we do not understand our own consciousness and that our brains often fool us.
PHILOSOPHY - Albert Camus
A School of Life animated overview of Albert Camus, covering his existentialism and absurdism and his answer to the question of meaninglessness.
Humanity was born way ahead of its time. The reason is grabby aliens.
Rational Animations explains Robin Hanson's grabby aliens model, which argues that humanity looks suspiciously early in cosmic history.
Why Teleportation Would Kill You
CGP Grey asks whether Star Trek-style teleportation would kill you and recreate a copy, working through the philosophy of identity and the Ship of Theseus.
Nick Bostrom - The Simulation Argument (Full)
An interview with Nick Bostrom at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute presenting his simulation argument: at least one of three propositions about posthuman civilizations and ancestor simulations must be true.
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence | John Searle | Talks at Google
John Searle's Talk at Google on consciousness and artificial intelligence, hosted by Google's Singularity Network.