After Dinner Conversation (August, 2020)

After Dinner Conversation (August, 2020)

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine

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Language: English

Length: 2 hours and 29 minutes

Publisher: After Dinner Conversation Magazine

Release date: 2024-03-29

Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that make your brain think deeply but also have you laughing out loud... then this magazine is for you!

Philosophy Ethics Short Story Magazine - August 2020

  • In The Beginning: A retelling of Adam and Eve's fall from grace, with a cosmic twist.
  • Farewell, Odysseus: A genetically enhanced super-human has to make an important choice about the person he keeps as a pet.
  • Human Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high and drunk, and ends up having a night that will forever change lives.
  • Hiro's Festival: A little boy who dreams of freedom has his wish fulfilled and is magically transformed.
  • My Fellow (Immortal) Americans: The President gives a speech about a proposed raise in the minimum "time wage" and its effect on those who plan to live forever.
  • A Science Lesson In Mozambique: A science lesson in Mozambique, and a lesson in self help.
  • Pretty Pragmatism: A US Senator introduces a bill that borrows public policy ideas from the Nazi party.


After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories, audio and video podcast discussions, across genres, as accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family.

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