Episode 9 | The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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The Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & Fiction

The Jacksway Collective

28 episodes

4 months ago

We’re The Jacksway Collective A podcast featuring old college roommates who now find themselves spread out across the country. We reunite once a week to rekindle the thought-provoking and, at times, laugh-out-loud discussions we once had during our glory days. Our laid-back approach to continued learning is an attempt to recapture the many late nights we’d spend together unpacking whatever philosophy or fiction we were reading at the time. We love to learn and believe the best way to do that is through an engaging dialogue. Grab a beer, sit back, and enjoy listening to us ramble on.

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Episode 9 | The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & Fiction

40 minutes 58 seconds

7 years ago

Episode 9 | The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Were The Jacksway Collective

The Jacksway Collective explore Ursula K. Le Guin's philosophical short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.

Le Guin's story acts as a thought experiment asking the reader to imagine a perfectly content society and then turns it on its head once you find out that it's predicated on the endless suffering of a singular child. Can people live on in this society? Is this story an allegory for the west? How complicit are the people of Omelas in this story? These are the topics the guys cover in their discussion.

Listen to The Jacksway Collective talk philosophy or fiction every week. A podcast where 20-somethings have in-depth, academic(ish) discussions about whatever the hell they want.

Have a story suggestion or want to chat more about this one? Send us an email: jackswaycollective@gmail.com

Resources:
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: http://engl210-deykute.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/omelas.pdf

Singer's Pond Metaphor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHnUsV1J2M