Tag: Season 1
Chapter 7 – The Moral Obligation to Kill Janet
In order to stop Michael from going into retirement where he will be tortured for all eternity, Eleanor hatches a plan to stop the train that will take Michael into retirement. Stopping the train means killing Janet by pressing a red button. Eleanor justifies doing a small bad for a […]
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Chapter 4 – The Parable of the Sock, AKA, Philosophy for Dummies
At the beginning of chapter 4, we see Eleanor in class. Chidi is discussing self-identity. On the chalkboard, there is a list of works. Two things stood out to me. The first was a work by David Hume listed as A Treatise of the Self with a date of 1738. […]
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Chapter 3 – Aristotle’s Account of How to Become a Good Person
In episode two of The Good Place, one of the central questions was if morality could be taught. As Chidi mentioned, Aristotle believes that you can be taught to be a good person. At the beginning of episode three, Chidi is trying to explain why being a good person is […]
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Chapter 2 – Selfishness as Moral Motivation
One of the central questions of the second episode of The Good Place is if morality can be taught. Towards the end of the episode, Chidi says that Eleanor is the most self-obsessed person. He goes to claim that she is too selfish to be a good person. It is […]
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Chapter 1 – All Kantians Go to The Bad Place
In the first episode of The Good Place, we learn that Eleanor Shellstrop died from a car accident. Waking up in the afterlife, she is told she is in the good place. It turns out a mistake is made and she should not be there. As fans of the show […]
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Chapter 0 – Welcome! Everything is Fine.
While watching season 2 of The Good Place, I realized how philosophically dense and mostly accurate the show had become. I did some research to see if the creator/writers were philosophers. They are not. However, they talk to philosophers. I was surprised by the lack of attention academics are giving […]
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