Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-02-05

Jordan Peterson & Julie Ponesse: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Jordan Peterson discussed A theory of justice by John Rawls, On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, and The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg) Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. A theory of justice

    John Rawls · at 39:47

    A Theory of Justice by John Rawls is a monumental work of political philosophy that revitalized liberal egalitarian thought by introducing concepts such as the original position, the veil of ignorance, and the difference principle as foundations for a just society.

    Discussed
    “And some of that is an unfair burden—the natural lottery, as John Rawls calls it.”
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  2. On Liberty

    John Stuart Mill · at 51:37

    On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is an 1859 essay by the nineteenth-century British liberal philosopher.

    Discussed
    “And what's so ironic about it is that, as you might know, John Stuart Mill, who was one of the fathers of utilitarianism and very often invoked in this current sort of collectivist setting with the mandates, right?”
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  3. The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg) Opera in Three Acts

    Richard Wagner · at 56:01

    Discussed
    “it says that the highest and the lowest always have to be United and what that means in some sense is that is that well I learned that in part from watching Wagner's die Meister singer the Opera because he the libretto elaborates on that theme in an absolutely Stellar manner”
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