What happens when morality is unmoored from its metaphysical foundations? In part two of the Anthropology series, Dr. Nathan Jacobs traces the slow unraveling of moral philosophy—from its classical roots in virtue and teleology to its modern preoccupation with utility and consequence. All the links: X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/ Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/ Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:22 Pagan philosophy and human polarities 00:35:38 Augustine and the Nature-Grace Divide 00:55:06 Medieval faculty psychology: intellect and will 01:04:52 From Medieval Scholasticism to Modern Philosophy 01:11:56 The rise of empiricism and materialism 01:29:46 The empiricist challenge to Providence 01:41:18 Contemporary culture's nominalist foundation 01:47:53 The hedonistic definition of happiness 01:52:47 Modern anomalies in historical perspective 02:02:05 Passion over reason
