Spirituality and action

About this episode

The episode explores how spirituality influences human and animal actions and the philosophical implications of this relationship.

In this episode, Natia Natsvlishvili is visiting our podcast and we discuss how spirituality motivates our actions. An important question is what we mean by spirituality. We also touch upon the difference between animals and humans, understanding that animals also have a spirituality. On this topic, the four of us don't agree on human superiority, but there must be some kind of abilities in human spirituality that are different from all other creatures. Maybe it is our ability to be the conductor of our action, and it is our spirituality that brings this conducting into a good, rational and moral manner, or maybe the animals also are the conductor of their own way of living according to the universal order?

People in this episode

Hosts: Knut Ove Æsøy, Steven Phelps, Kamran Namdar

Guest: Natia Natsvlishvili

Topics covered

• spirituality
• human action
• animal spirituality
• moral conduct
• philosophy of action

Keywords

• spirituality
• human superiority
• animal behavior
• moral action
• philosophy

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