I welcome Jonas Salzgeber, author of The Little Book of Stoicism, back to the channel for a Stoic dialog on matters of ultimate importance: injury, illness, coming to terms with mortality, fear, and irrational beliefs that result when fear overcomes reason. We discuss the shortness of life, memento mori, facing fear, and the proper psychological perspective necessary to flourish and be more courageous during uncertain times. We also discuss a Stoic response to the covid-19 pandemic, reasonable caution, and not doing irrational or discriminatory things because of fear of death. Jonas' website: https://www.njlifehacks.com/blog/ The Little Book of Stoicism: https://amzn.to/3INdnOk* Support Common Sense Ethics to see more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/commonsenseet... ​ ​https://ko-fi.com/commonsenseethics​ *Affiliate link, I may earn a small commission from any Amazon purchases. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQQhlRVsmQ

Why is there such lack of professionalism and ethics in journalism in recent years? Brendan Malone of Left Foot Media and I discuss the many problems with contemporary journalism and what can be done about them. To be clear, there are some excellent journalists who try to adhear to time-honored standards of objectivity still doing great investigative work. However we focus on the general negative trends that we see occurring in media - bias, clickbait, dishonesty, illiberal cancel culture, and lack of humility, backed up by references to hard data where possible. Support Common Sense Ethics to see even more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/commonsenseethics?fan_landing=true https://ko-fi.com/commonsenseethics Brendan's Channels: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdoukrrmuVjuRzcVkTCeldQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0wP3b72DbNDxBEz0UOsDA Sources: Texas A&M journalism bias study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3279453 NYT executive editor dlaims bias: https://www.allsides.com/story/former-nytimes-editor-criticizes-papers-unmistakably-anti-trump-bias Trust in media Gallup Poll: https://news.gallup.com/poll/267047/americans-trust-mass-media-edges-down.aspx https://reason.com/2020/01/21/covington-catholic-media-nick-sandmann-lincoln-memorial/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/23/roger-scruton-gets-job-back-after-regrettable-sacking ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCl3LK2EDLw

Parenting is stressful. For many parents, who are always busy, usually tired, and probably not trained in dealing with children, the words “tranquility” and “parenting” do not go together. Don’t you just wish there was some technique out there that could help you become calm, content, and confident parent? Something that you could have on hand all the time to help you through your most challenging situations and stressful days? Tranquility Parenting, a just released book by Brittany Polat, offers lots of practical help and straightforward ways to overcome parenting challenges by implementing principles from Stoic philosophy within the family. I interview Brittany about the book and how to implement the techniques here. Support Common Sense Ethics to see even more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/commonsenseet... https://ko-fi.com/commonsenseethics Links: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538112427/Tranquility-Parenting-A-Guide-to-Staying-Calm-Mindful-and-Engaged http://www.commonsenseethics.com http://apparentstoic.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2saRAtNiVg

For Socrates, the Socratic Method was just a means to an end which is the excellence of human character. Socrates believed that a continuous journey of self-improvement is essential for every person and can be realized through the acquisition of knowledge. Support Common Sense Ethics to see even more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/commonsenseet... https://ko-fi.com/commonsenseethics Links: http://www.socraticmethod.net/the_socratic_temperament.htm https://www.commonsenseethics.com/blog/how-not-to-be-an-annoying-know-it-all ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoMtTfTv_xo