Philosophy & Human Values

by Rick Roderick

Lecture List
101 Socrates and the Life of Inquiry (1990)
102 Epicureans, Stoics, Skeptics (1990)
103 Kant and the Path to Enlightenment (1990)
104 Mill on Liberty (1990)
105 Hegel and Modern Life (1990)
106 Nietzsche: Knowledge and Belief (1990)
107 Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit (1990)
108 Philosophy and Post-Modern Culture (1990)
201 Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker (1991)
202 Nietzsche on Truth and Lie (1991)
203 Nietzsche as Master of Suspicion and Immoralist (1991)
204 Nietzsche: The Death of God (1991)
205 Nietzsche: The Eternal Recurrence (1991)
206 Nietzsche: The Will to Power (1991)
207 Nietzsche as Artist (1991)
208 Nietzsche’s Progeny (1991)
301 Paul Ricoeur: The Masters of Suspicion (1993)
302 Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism (1993)
303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom (1993)
303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom v2 (1993)
304 Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man (1993)
305 Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of Humanity (1993)
306 Foucault and the Disappearance of the Human (1993)
307 Derrida and the Ends of Man (1993)
308 Baudrillard: Fatal Strategies (1993)

Genres: Philosophy, Audiobook, Nonfiction, History

Audio Cassette

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Rick Roderick (1949–2002) was an American professor of philosophy, best known for his lectures for The Teaching Company.

Roderick was born in Abilene, Texas on June 16, 1949, son of (by his own description) a "con-man" and a "beautician". He was a teacher of philosophy at several universities, where he was much revered by many students for a Socratic style of teaching combined with a brash and often humorous approach. His breakthrough into wider circles came with his engagement with The Teaching Company where he recorded several memorable lecture series. Rick Roderick died on January 18, 2002 from a congestive heart condition.