Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part One)

<p>On "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality" from Vol. 2 of Soren Kierkegaard's Either/Or (1843).</p> <p>What is choice? Kierkegaard's character Judge William criticizes the aesthete from our previous episode on the earlier part of this book: The aesthete doesn't make any authentic choices and so doesn't develop a coherent self.</p> <p>Get more at <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/">partiallyexaminedlife.com</a>. Visit <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support">partiallyexaminedlife.com/support</a> to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.</p> <p>Sponsors: Have your donation matched up to $100 to a top-performing charity at <a title="" href="https://givewell.org">GiveWell.org</a> (enter "The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast" at checkout). Get 60% off (plus 20% off your next two months) America's #1 meal kit for eating well at <a title="" href="https://greenchef.com/60pel">Greenchef.com/60pel</a> (code 60pel). Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at <a title="" href="https://shopify.com/pel">shopify.com/pel</a>.</p>