Back Of The Class

It is the season 5 finale here at the back of the class, and as we look to close the pages of our Deontology unit we arrive at Prestons personal favourite framework. Working together with this weeks guest co-host Kate, Preston explores the normative ethical theories of both Contract arian ism and Contract ual ism. This episode is filled with lots of DIY car noises and features an introduction into one of the few NOT DEAD white guys involved in Philosophy. Side conversations stumble into areas such as: Nascar, ivy league, childhood negotiations, game theory, The Good Place, VPN’s, Owen Wilson, mutual agreements, girl bosses, the climate crisis, logical fallacies, office hours, America and freedom, Indiana, the dad stance, political science students, platinum rules, abortion, economic rational actors, The Little Mermaid and obviously Law & Order SVU. Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: The social contract, Hobbes, Crito dialogue, Epicuras, Prima Facie Duties, The categorical imperative, Divine command theory, T.M. Scanlon, and What We Owe To Each Other ----- Thanks for listening to this episode of Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Sometimes philosophy topics can lead people into conversations they never expected to have. This week, I sat down with my grandparents to discuss Pluralistic Deontology, but found myself having in unexpected disagreement when the conversation shifted into the sensitive subject of discrimination. This episode is very different from ones produced before and I hope that it leads you to have your own difficult conversations with the people you love. Of course it’s not all difficult as we still find time to talk about stuff we all agree on such as; cherry tomatoes, boarding school antics, children in trees, the stone ages, corporal punishment, old Montreal curriculums, and most importantly…. those whacky British people. Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: W.D. Ross, the 7 Prima Facie Duties, moral conflicts, and ethical intuition. ----- Thanks for listening to this episode of Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Returning to the Back Of The Class this week is guest-host-superstar Will Silverman! Preston and Will bring you 40 minutes of quick-witty banter as they dive deep into The Categorical Imperative . The conversation is full of tangents including those of math, ethical transcripts, He Who Shall Not Be Named, the 80’s, online schooling, discontinued Dunkaroos, unions, moral codes, the 2020 Olympics, space dolphins, philosophy conspiracy theories, and concludes with a 4 minute long discussion about dogs. Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Immanuel Kant, Deontology, Moral Absolutism, Egoism and Platos Cave. *TRIGGER WARNING*: this episode features a hypothetical gun situation. ----- Thanks for listening to this episode of Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Welcome BACK to the BACK! Summer is over and we return to the season of Deontology with an episode all about the All Mighty! Preston sits down with her stepmom to discuss the Divine Command Theory and the episode is filled with laughs and a bunch of “mhm”s. Along the way they find time to talk about; tradition, Ingleheart Ontario, the value of cows, coffee, the afterlife, Andrew Loyd Weber, Sabbath laziness, interpretation, the binding of Issac, conditional sacrifice, self-driving cars, and the selectivity of religion. Ft. A surprise appearance from both my brother AND my dog! Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Divine Command Theory, Normative ethics, Deontology, Meta-ethics, William of Ockham, and Platos Euthyphro Dilemma. ----- Thanks for listening to this episode of Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Welcome to the Back Of The Class - After Hours . In this 3 minute Bonus episode, Preston delivers a very important announcement. ----- Thanks for listening to Back Of The Class - After Hours If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

!PODCAST CROSSOVER! It’s the season 5 premier featuring the hosts of Pop’s Shakes Podcast! This episode gives you a sneak peek and a tiny introduction into the realm of Deontology. Philosophical topics covered in this episode: Deontology, Consequentialism, Utilitarianism, Virtue ethics, Jeremy Bentham, and Contract ethics. Along the way they find time to talk about fruit allergies, Human rights, Avengers Endgame, Brazilian meat places, maximalism, figurative orgy’s, murder of non-farmers, religion & hypocrisy, Texas, starvation, colonialism in Canada, A Good Band, Science Fiction Implications, and conspiracy theories about the existence of Socrates. *TRIGGER WARNING* episode features hypothetical gun situation. Featuring a brief recap of season 3&4 You can find Pop’s Shakes Podcast on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify! ------ Thanks for listening to this episode at the Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

In this bonus episode we travel back to episode 15 - featuring guest host: Jade Aspros. The conversations includes topics such as: child prodigies, British people, gay fan fiction, University degrees, early feminism, the Philosophical Radicals, sexy secretaries, Southern France, severe lung congestion, poetry, wooden cabinets, the cure for depression, 20 years of “intimate friendship”, and ends abruptly whilst discussing the transportation of dead bodies.

The Back Of The Class is PACKED this week as Preston get’s together with her older brother (Shane Feldman) and his 2 BFF’s (Adam Johns & Juan Bendaña) for a great season 4 finale! Philosophical topics covered in this episode: Utilitarianism, Egoism, Hedonism, Altruism, and Categorical imperatives. 50 solid minutes of hilarious conversations including; Fate, drip coffee, Shanes lack of logic, panini’s, Harry Potter, returns on investments, Oprah, pencil sharpeners, burritos and donuts, pedophiles, underwater trains, Make A Wish foundation, overpopulation, fat men, the white saviour complex, Mr. Monopoly, margaritas, and Neil Degrasse Tyson with the body of ’The Rock’. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

This week at the back of the class, Preston calls up an old school friend - Alicia Balduzzi - to talk about ethical Altruism . Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Utilitarianism, Egosim, Nihilism, and Ad hominem’s. Along the way they find time to cover August Comte, cavemen, self sacrifice, getting a PHD, Ayn Rand, Tumblr, historical inaccuracy, your sense of self, human nature, Pupaccinos, moral obligation, and head nodding engagement. Featuring a segment of “Okay So Here’s My Thing” and a direct message to my mommy. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. This week Preston sits down with her dad to talk about EGOISM . Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Solipsism and Individualism With hereditary ADHD overflowing the room, the pair finds themselves discussing things like Bill Nye, creative problem solving, car dealership shenanigans, your neighbours hundred-year old willow tree, escape rooms, common sense, Texan public school, the safety pamphlets you read on airplanes, pro-choice, times-tables across the world, modelling behaviour, external validation, and a very good analogy on the Anti-mask movement made by yours truly. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

This week at the back of the class, Preston is joined by Ashley Hermalin to talk about HEDONISM! Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Epicureanism, Ontology, Utilitarianism, and the Felicific calculas. With side conversations featuring subjects like: Monks, the dentist, playing Octagon in class, improv about bullying, chess games, math on your hands, the word Infamy, childcare, Divergent and Hunger Games, online shopping addictions, the pressures of parenthood, LISTS, empathy vs. Sympathy, highway 413 (super gross), Avenue Q, and the fact that the modern day school system has normalized the idea that students should be in a constant state of mental overexertion. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Let’s talk about Utilitarianism! Jade Aspros calls Preston to “spice-ify” a conversation about the ethical practise that looooves using numbers. Side conversations are always welcome at the back of the class, and between the two of them they find time to cover it all. Such as: Monopoly, phone contacts, syllabus induced tears, ASMR, calculating happiness, generation gaps and wars, overpopulation, cannibal sailor stories, yucky math, and the Lion King. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Welcome to season 4: Consequentialism! To start off the season, Preston is joined by her good friend Aaron in an episode dedicated entirely to being an introduction into consequentialism. This episode Is filled with laughs as the two stumble upon conversation like: composting, sophomore science, the butterfly effect, fast fashion, the casper test, childhood fame, First Aid story-times, ethics in law, beeping and Booping, 20 dying babies, and strawberry ice cream. Featuring a brief recap of season 3 (13:17 - 14:29), and if you still need a reason to press play: listen to hear Preston sing multiple sentences with no explanation or warning. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

This week we bring you the cross-continent chocolate-vanilla swirl that is 'Preston and Kirchy'. Recorded over Zoom, Kirchy calls us all the way from Trinidad to discuss Aristotles 11 virtues. Along the way we find time to cover minor topics including: student leadership, getting ID’d, the platinum rule, talents and skills, good habits, putting yourself first, classic Disney plot lines, the Island life, high school tech teams, Canadian care packages, and bravery when it comes to learning new things ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Preston and Ben return to the back of the class to finish their meta-ethical conversation they started last last week. They focus on three popular ethical “ism’s”: Absolutism, Relativism, and Universalism. Along the way they find time to cover topics like: Defining culture, the United Nations, hungry judges, bad representatives of Christianity, validity of beliefs, immigrant ethics, the Declaration of Human Rights, being Jewish, intersectionality, racist inconsistency in the justice system, and the plot of Les Mis’. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

Ben Bongard (aka: "friend since the womb") joins Preston at the back of the class to discuss Meta Ethics. In this very short episode, we focus on: ethical subjectivism, the ideal observer theory, and moral nihilism/skepticism/realism/anti-realism. Other topics of conversation include: hockey, Roman history, Pigs with ethics, breathing air, abortion, public school, Socratic dialogues, and a Rad non-binary un-biased all-knowing ethical imaginary friend. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

In episode 11, Preston is joined by Layla (LaLa) Bender to discuss the topic of Stoicism and the (unplanned) subject of therapy. Side conversation they stumble upon include: Gingers, control issues, appropriate-ness, Mean Girls Mathletes, apathy, lecture halls, war hero memorials, agreement with nature, sticking it to the man, impulses, Father Jamoo, societal advancement, Cadbury Cream Egg McFlurries, criminology, Emperor Nero, manipulative emotions, life in the very 1st century, indifferent things, dogs in wheelchairs, and the difference between egalitarian and equestrian (because they are not the same). ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

GUESS WHO’S BACK! BACK! BACK! My brother Jake returns to the back of the class, for a very strange conversation about a very strange man. Today’s discussion was all about Cynicism, with a large focus on Diogenes of Sinope, and we even play a little game near the end, to keep you entertained. Some other topics we stumble upon include: Emo Kidz, anti-materialism, when people started cooking meat, greed, Captain Phillips, Pythagorean theorem, our spoiled dog, Human suffering, life after agriculture, Satirical burns, the homeless, cosmopolitan magazine, the different types of anti-vaxer’s, worthless desires, sl*tty biblical Eve, and hypothetical slides lined with very uncomfortable things. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

The first episode of Season 3 (an introduction into Ethics) features Zoe Weiner as our guest host, in a discussion about “The Good Life”. We focus on ethics through the eyes of Socrates and Plato (AKA the Original Gangtsahz), and get sidetracked with conversations about: balconies, A Chorus Line, the Justice system and G*D, John Stamos, The Good Place, peeing in the sunlight, happiness, Psychology majors, the trial and death of Socrates, two-horse chariots, Greek words, and even "the most famous quote to exist of all time ever”. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod

In this bonus episode, Preston looks back at behind the scenes and cut-out content from seasons 1 and 2, and drops a HUGE announcement you won’t want to miss! We look behind the scenes at first introductions and goodbyes, technical issues, messed up notes, cute stranger giggles, difficulty reading big words out loud, all things ADHD, hidden ASMR, naming the podcast, and the many types of interruptions. Some of the cut out conversations included revolve around: Disney blue ray dvd’s, future Harvard lectures, Yurts, my doubts in Space, the benefits of curvy couches, exercise induced mouth sweat, kids in matching snowsuits, ratatouille the musical, and the tiny FBI agents the live inside our phones. ----- Thanks for listening to this bonus episode for Back Of The Class! If you liked what you heard and wanna stay informed, you can check out our socials INSTAGRAM: @backoftheclass.pod TWITTER: @botcopPod If you’d like bonus content, exclusive merchandise, and other fantastic rewards, head over to patreon.com/botcop