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As tempting as it might be to refer to “old wisdom” in helping us figure out modern-day conundrums, we have to recognize that some problems are new and require new ways of thinking in order to solve. Revisionist History tries to make sense of the conundrum of PED use in baseball, using the 500-year-old philosophical techniques of St. Ignatius.

In the latest episode of Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell takes a Jesuit approach to justify the use of HGH by Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte. In the latest episode of Revisionist History “The Standard Case,” Malcolm Gladwell uses a Jesuit technique founded by St. Ignatius 500-years ago called casuistry to understand the egregiousness of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte ‘s use of HGH. Casuistry is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending theoretical rules from a particular case, and reapplying those rules to new instances. AC English 3: The Jesuits, Casuistry, and the novel problem of the Coronavirus / March 22, 2020 by Matthew Kubus. This method occurs in applied ethics and jurisprudence. I hope you enjoyed the episode of Revisionist History—it’s got everything my best students like: moral philosophy, references to St. Ignatius, relevance to our lives today, and baseball. Revisionist History is a podcast by Malcolm Gladwell produced through Panoply Media.

Part one of a three-part series on … Casuistry — which dates back to the philosopher Aristotle — helps people make decisions by recognizing that we can’t simply use old principles to help solve modern problems.
Keenan: At the end of February, Malcolm Gladwell wrote me that he was interested in the revival of casuistry, a method of moral reasoning. It began in 2016, and has aired four 10-episode seasons.

It began in 2016, and has aired four 10-episode seasons. I’m a fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast Revisionist History.It’s about historical events and people that have been overlooked or misunderstood. A five-year retrospective study on patterns of casuistry and insights on the current status of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers in Chile . In September 2018, Gladwell announced he was co-founding a podcast company with Weisberg, later named Pushkin Industries, which produced season 4 of the series. Gladwell, who was already a successful author and essayist, was convinced to create a podcast by his friend Jacob Weisberg , editor-in-chief of Slate Group , which includes the podcast network Panoply … How did you get connected with Malcolm Gladwell for his podcast “Revisionist History”? mkubus@strakejesuit.org. Gladwell decided …

He had read about it and spoken with philosophers on the topic, becoming acquainted with the British philosopher Stephen Toulmin, among others. Seasons 1 to 3 of Revisionist History were produced by Panoply Media.