Philosophy YouTube Shorts video ideas
Ready-to-film hooks that turn heavy ideas into scroll-stopping fifteen-to-sixty-second scripts, no philosophy degree required to write or watch.
- "Would you kill one to save five?" The trolley problem, stripped to the core dilemma, no fluff.
- "You've been the same person your whole life. Are you sure?" The Ship of Theseus applied to identity and memory.
- "This machine would give you a perfect life. Would you plug in?" Nozick's experience machine and what it reveals about what you actually want.
- "Nietzsche said God is dead. Here's what he actually meant." A myth-busting take on the most misquoted line in philosophy.
- "Stoics had a 60-second trick for anxiety. Try it right now." A live-demo style script using a Marcus Aurelius technique.
- "If nothing matters, why get out of bed?" Camus and the absurd, answered in under a minute.
- "This paradox has no answer, and that's the point." The liar's paradox or Zeno's arrow, explained simply.
- "You can't actually know anything. Here's the proof." Descartes' evil demon and radical doubt, made unsettling.
- "Kant would say never lie. Even to save a life?" A moral dilemma script pitting duty against consequence.
- "Happiness might be the wrong goal. Here's what the Epicureans actually taught." A myth-correcting hook on hedonism versus real Epicurean philosophy.
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