When the World Feels Unjust (A Stoic Response)

About this episode

The episode discusses how Stoicism can guide responses to injustice while emphasizing personal responsibility and engagement.

Most people hear focus on what you can control and assume Stoicism means stop caring about everything else. That is not what it means, and it might be one of the most misunderstood ideas in the whole philosophy. It starts with a line from Marcus Aurelius that most people skip: you can commit injustice by doing nothing. That is not an invitation to detach. It is a call to show up. In this episode I cover three Stoic approaches for responding to injustice without losing yourself: premeditatio m...

People in this episode

Host: Jon Brooks

Topics covered

• Stoicism
• injustice
• self-control
• philosophy
• personal responsibility

Keywords

• Stoicism
• injustice
• Marcus Aurelius
• self-control
• philosophy

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