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Academic staff in the Western Civilisation program regularly write and speak about literature, philosophy, current events, and other topics for a public audience.
Dr Tyler Paytas’ research on fear and virtue theory was the topic of an episode of ABC’s The Philosopher’s Zone.
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Dr Paytas made a second appearance on The Philosopher’s Zone to discuss his research on anger.
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Dr Paytas features on ABC’s God Forbid about the ethics of food choices and activism on behalf of animals.
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Dr Paytas was a guest contributor on the popular philosophy podcast Hi-Phi Nation for an episode on ‘uncivil disobedience.’
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Dr Kishore Saval is a frequent guest on the Ramsay Centre’s Great Books of the Western Canon video series, including episodes on Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, and Aeschylus.
| Video 9: Great Books of the Western Canon – Shakespeare’s Hamlet
| Video 10: Great Books of the Western Canon – Prufrock and Other Observations
| Video 11: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus' The Oresteia: Agamemnon
| Video 12: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus The Oresteia: The Libation Bearers
| Video 13: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus’ The Oresteia: The Eumenides
| Dr Paytas writes for ABC News about the virtues of humility and compassion in the aftermath of the 2020 US presidential election.
| Dr Paytas writes about the ethics of research on animals for The Conversation.
| Dr Paytas writes about the ethics of animal activism for ABC News.
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