American Socrates
Think Deeper. Live Better.
Most podcasts give you answers. American Socrates gives you better questions.
Host Matt Rupert — Professional Philosopher, Part-time Podcaster — applies the lost art of Socratic thinking to the decisions, relationships, and cultural debates shaping everyday American life. This is not a philosophy class. It's not another self-help podcast. Just rigorous, honest thinking that helps you sift through the rhetoric and live more deliberately.
New episodes every Wednesday. Check your assumptions at the door.
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American Socrates
What Did Confucius Say?
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Most Americans already live a Confucian ethics — they just don't know it. If you define yourself by your roles as a parent, child, friend, or worker, if your deepest moral instinct is about loyalty and not letting people down, Confucius gave that instinct a name 2,500 years ago. This episode of American Socrates unpacks what he actually taught: a relational ethics built not on rules or divine commands, but on the integrity you bring to every relationship in your life.
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