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In this episode, we talk with Joseph Metz about moral luck and responsibility for omissions.Joe's website: https://www.joseph-metz.com/homeJoe's paper, “Omissions, Moral Luck, and Minding the (Epistemic) Gap”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/article/omissions-moral-luck-and-minding-the-epistemic-gap/F95FD50121A509FB66C3691D49D91B03Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on MavenIn this conversation Caleb speaks with Will Johncock, the philosopher, sociologist and author of Beyond the Individual: Stoic Philosophy on Community and Connection. Will's work highlights the deeply social aspect of Stoicism and offers an essential frame for thinking about our own lives, the lives of the people around us, and our world. Will reminds us that we share our nature with the world and people around us. This provides a source of meaning and guidance.https://willjohncock.com/(03:28) The Individual and Social Aspects of Stoicism(07:54) Being Social(13:38) Rationality in the Universe(18:59) Egoism(29:52) Autonomy Culture(36:17) Virtue(38:58) The Problem of Evil(42:56) Moral Luck(46:58) History or Life Philosophy?***Subscribe to The Stoa Letter for weekly meditations, actions, and links to the best Stoic resources: www.stoaletter.com/subscribeDownload the Stoa app (it's a free download): stoameditation.com/podIf you try the Stoa app and find it useful, but truly cannot afford it, email us and we'll set you up with a free account.Listen to more episodes and learn more here: https://stoameditation.com/blog/stoa-conversations/Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations: https://ancientlyre.com/
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In the 1970s Moral Philosophy turned its attention to an ancient topic – but coined a new name to organize our thinking about it. That field, now known as “Moral Luck” constitutes a set of fascinating and important philosophical debates. Do we judge people by their intentions, for good or for ill, or by the results of those intentions? This has serious implications for both ethics and jurisprudence, and in civil society as well as within our own religious Tradition. Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Harris recently published “Resultant Moral Luck and Jewish Tradition” (TRADITION, Fall 2022), examining the many significant sources within rabbinic literature that can be brought to bear on this discussion. Harris is Senior Rabbi of the Hampstead Synagogue and Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies. The conversation delved into his essay and the philosophical, halakhic, and aggadic literature surrounding “Moral Luck,” but also discussed how he navigates his role as both community rabbi and academic scholar, as well as the state of philosophical inquiry and the liberal arts within contemporary Modern Orthodoxy. Watch a video recording of this conversation: https://youtu.be/J36ms8qPhy4 Read "Resultant Moral Luck and Jewish Tradition": https://traditiononline.org/resultant-moral-luck-and-jewish-tradition/
In this episode I chat to Aaron Rabinowitz. Aaron is a veteran podcaster and philosopher. He hosts the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space podcasts. He is currently doing a PhD in the philosophy of education at Rutgers University. Aaron is particularly interested in the problem of moral luck and how it should affect […]
In this episode, we talk with Marcela Herdova about moral luck and transformative experiences—the kind of experiences that fundamentally change who we are. Marcela's website: https://marcelaherdova.com/Marcela's paper, "Transformative Moral Luck": https://www.pdcnet.org/msp/content/msp_2019_0043_0162_0180Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
In this episode, we talk with Aaron Rabinowitz of Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space about the paradoxes of moral luck, the problematic nature of our everyday notions of responsibility, and what good pedagogy looks like when you've agreed – as you must – that spontaneous, volitional free will is merely an illusion. We do some Kantian maneuvering, form provisional alliances, and all things considered have as good a time as is possible given our total lack of freedom.References:Thomas Nagel, “Moral Luck” Music: Vintage Memories by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com
On today's episode I'm joined, once again, by the dope af Aaron Rabinowitz. Aaron is a lecturer on philosophy at Rutgers University, host of the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space podcasts, and currently working on his PhD in Education. We talk about luck and how circumstances outside our control can, and arguably should, influence our moral judgments. Check it out! www.patreon.com/ultravioiletpod www.ultravioletpod.com/moralluck Aaron's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/ETVPod Website: https://voidpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ The Skeptic Magazine: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2021/09/we-can-understand-the-effect-of-privilege-better-when-we-consider-it-in-terms-of-moral-luck/ Content & Creators Discusses in this Episode Thomas Nagel - Mortal Questions: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/mortal-questions/F0D076D52E53EB398DFBEF8E68FF15D1 Bernard Williams – Moral Luck: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/moral-luck/84945A1EB61E73D5676E22B6F520B3C0 Sean Carroll: https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll Moral Luck Chart: https://twitter.com/ETVPod/status/1470778837466337295/photo/1 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92625.The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas Star Trek Voyager: “Repentance”: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Repentance_(episode) Babylon 5: “Passing Through Gethsemane”: https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Passing_Through_Gethsemane The Goat : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000374/ Brain tumor causes uncontrollable pedophilia: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2943-brain-tumour-causes-uncontrollable-paedophilia/
In this episode, we talk with Robert Hartman about the problems of free will and moral luck and how they are related to each other.Bob's website: http://www.robertjhartman.com/Bob's book, In Defense of Moral Luck: https://www.routledge.com/In-Defense-of-Moral-Luck-Why-Luck-Often-Affects-Praiseworthiness-and-Blameworthiness/Hartman/p/book/9780367372415Bob's article, "Constitutive Moral Luck and Strawson's Argument for the Impossibility of Moral Responsibility": https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-american-philosophical-association/article/abs/constitutive-moral-luck-and-strawsons-argument-for-the-impossibility-of-moral-responsibility/F20DA7AD595F2D14E2FE2CE3E3F6ED97Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined for the 5th time (!) by Dr. Taylor Cyr. This time we talk about his awesome work on moral luck. Taylor argues that constitutive moral luck should lead historicists to convert over to his brand of structuralism. Check out more of Taylor's work here: https://taylorwcyr.com/find the Free Will Show here: https://thefreewillshow.com/ Check out my sponsor Bibllios Clothing through this link for 10% off of their awesome merch: https://bibliosclothing.com/discount/PARKER If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/ Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/parkers-pensees/support
What role should luck play in our moral assessments? If a person intends to harm another but as luck would have it is not able to do so should we morally assess their action the same as if they had succeeded in harming another? Tune in as those and other questions related with moral luck are discussed on this episode of the egg timer. Send over your thoughts, questions or ideas for future episodes to: eggtimerphilosophy@gmail.com Image Attribution: By Phyzome under the GFDL. - Phyzome, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84812
What does it mean to have luck? Good luck, or bad? Is luck something that only happens selectively, or is our entire existence a kind of luck that we've had zero control over? And if that's true - what does it mean for our society? What does it say about our educational system, our criminal justice system, and how we treat and empathize with each other? What does it mean for our world if all of us are exactly where we are due only to pure chance? Aaron Rabinowitz, host of the Embrace the Void podcast, grapples with the philosophical and moral implications of that hypothesis.Moral Luck, by Thomas NagelStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Moral LuckEmbrace the Void - 186 Starmanning with Angel Eduardo Pt. 1Embrace the Void - 183 Moderate Conservatism with Stephen Dause21: Securing Rights, with Samuel Weiss - The New LiberalsThe Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael SandelEmbrace the Void - 044 Moral LuckEthical Realism in a Universe Without Free Will, featuring Aaron Rabinowitz - Skeptics in the Pub7: Canceling Categories, with Angel Eduardo - The New LiberalsEvery Rubin Report Ever - FreedomToons36 Arguments for the Existence of God, by Rebecca Newberger GoldsteinPhilosophers in Space@ETVPod----------Email: newliberalspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @NewLiberalsPod
Is it ok to laugh at The Cosby Show? To rock to “Rock With You”? To eat with the knife that was used to murder your family? Does bad luck make you a bad person? It may seem reasonable to separate the art from the artist and the instrument from the act, but Paul says that’s not how our brains work. He thinks human morality is driven by inconsistent irrational emotions and he think that’s a good thing. In our second Thought Lab, we talk about bad celebrities, haunted knives and moral luck.Paul Sagar "Tainted by Association" in Aeon. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35146517&fan_landing=true)
Here's pt. 2 to our conversation on the concept of moral luck and how we have more control than we realize!
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan debate about who exactly is The Scholar, does theology enter into science, and is Mrs Coulter out of Lord Boreal's league? Buckle up your monkeys for a lesson in spiders, snakes, and the Spanish Inquisition.Devon, England is certainly a place… with cottages…Spiders have a body part named Pedipalps which are usually different sizes depending on the sex.Nephila genus of spiders can be large and are known for creating complicated webs.The Holy Inquisitions were a series of police actions within the Catholic Church to maintain doctrinal integrity.Calvin's Geneva Consistory was a real bummer.The Character of Consciousness is a thing.David Chalmers NP-Hardness is also a thing.Panpsychism is a somewhat fringe philosophical concept that is popular again thanks to a combination of ignorance and a poor understanding of quantum field theory.The Gnostic Eden Story is a little different from Sunday School.Moral Luck may or may not be a thingOur theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunnFollow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPodPlease email us contact@hallowedgroundmedia.com
In this episode, Dana Kay Nelkin explains the problem of moral luck, which raises a challenge for all theories of freedom and responsibility. After giving several examples of moral luck, Dana explains some types of response to this challenge.Dana's website:http://www.danakaynelkin.com/Dana's article on Moral Luck in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-luck/Thomas Nagel's famous paper on moral luck:https://www.jstor.org/stable/4106826?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contentsThe Man in the High Castle is on Amazon Prime (Not Netflix!)https://www.amazon.com/Man-High-Castle-Season/dp/B00RSGFRY8If you have a question you'd like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com, via the show's website: thefreewillshow.com, or through social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
On today's podcast, Amanda Knox interviews Jody Armour, USC law professor and one one of America's foremost scholars on social justice as well as Hip Hop culture and the law. He has written extensively on racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration. In his new book, he examines the punitive impulse and retributive urge that runs so strong and deep in most Americans, and suggests that taming it will take a revolution in consciousness.
Oh hey, you look keen for some decent fan service mixed with cribbing from Dune. Perfect for CBS's business model. We're covering Picard, which is decent, and how it gives away that Star Trek is just the precursor to Dune. Picard has your Butlerian Jihad, your incompetent intergalatic federation, your weird biotech. All the makings of a solid Dune Prequel. I'm sure we'll find out the Romulan kid is a Paul Atreides Precursor sometime in season three. In the meantime, enjoy our discussion of the question "what if we just didn't AI?" Butlerian Jihad: https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: The Platform and Social Change
Listen closely my beratna and sesata and we'll convert you from a tumang to a belta in no time. We're just scratching the surface of the Ex-pants world, basic world building stuff so we can come back later or all the weirdness. We introduce a postcolonial interpretation of Expanse tied specifically to The Myth of Catching Up. Stay space woke. The Myth of Catching Up: https://wmbranchout.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/the-myth-of-catching-up-development-maria-mies.pdf Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: Picard Season One and the Butlerian Jihad
Welcome back Whovians! Our trap has worked, we've caught the time lord Mike Hall of Merseyside skeptics in our web of disrespectful ignorance and we sure do squeeze him for information. He's unrelentingly brilliant though, so of course he escapes unscathed and only slightly annoyed. We discuss the episode Heaven Sent and its connections to Buddhism and whether The Doctor does something profoundly unethical to save a friend. Skeptics with a K: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: The Expanse ep.1 and The Myth of Catching Up
Time to wrap up another opus. It's been a beautiful dance of ideas and symbolism, played out on a board of intrigue and robits, but all good things must come to an end. Has the dance left us as better people? Only the future will tell. Here's to Player of Games, a brilliant first look at the Culture series and a wonderful way to nerd out about games and ethics. Gamification and Ethics: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vDxTBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA225&dq=gamification+of+ethics&ots=mJ_ME4jC0U&sig=h602Bed-_gmWPrud4EN2hxGH2as#v=onepage&q=gamification%20of%20ethics&f=false Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: Listener Q's 13
Imagine two possible worlds. In the first world, Andrew is driving home from an intimate dinner party with Olly and Jack. He has been enjoying a range of delicious cheeses and wines, despite being the designated driver. With the exception of Andrew’s singing, the drive is uneventful, and the party arrives home, safe and sound. In the second world, the same initial conditions apply. Andrew has enjoyed a plethora of gastronomic delights, and finds himself behind the wheel, singing without reservation. Driving through the familiar country roads, where sadly it has been known for deer to meet the paths of oncoming traffic, Andrew sees an unknown shape ahead. Too slow to react, the car strikes the figure, and Andrew feels the crunch of the object beneath his wheels. The following morning, Andrew switches on Radio 4: ‘Police are requesting any information the public might have relating to a hit and run on Country Road yesterday evening, where a 6-year-old boy unfortunately lost his life. Anybody with information relating to the event, believed to have occurred in the hours in which one could be expected to be travelling home from an intimate dinner party, should contact their local police station immediately’. Andrew realises that it was not a deer he hit with his car, and turns himself in to the police station. For Bernard Williams and Thomas Nagel, this is a classic case of moral luck. In both possible worlds, Andrew’s actions and intentions were the same. In the first, Andrew wakes up and continues with his life. In the second, we expect him to face up to fourteen years in prison. Our question: should we judge Andrew’s moral character any more harshly in the second case than the first - do they not deserve the same punishment? Contents Part I. Bernard Williams Part II. Thomas Nagel Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion Links Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck Bernard Williams, Moral Luck Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck
We survived the zombies! We escaped from earth to space and found another society that is also terrible but is not actively being overrun by zombies. For part two of our Player of Game time we dive into the Empire of Azad and their essentialist culture. We discuss how essentialism naturally plays a major role in authoritarian cultures and undermines meritocracy. Essentialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentialism Authoritarianism and gender essentialism: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-020-01123-3 Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Gameification of Ethics and Culture Pt3
Imagine two possible worlds. In the first world, Andrew is driving home from an intimate dinner party with Olly and Jack. He has been enjoying a range of delicious cheeses and wines, despite being the designated driver. With the exception of Andrew’s singing, the drive is uneventful, and the party arrives home, safe and sound. In the second world, the same initial conditions apply. Andrew has enjoyed a plethora of gastronomic delights, and finds himself behind the wheel, singing without reservation. Driving through the familiar country roads, where sadly it has been known for deer to meet the paths of oncoming traffic, Andrew sees an unknown shape ahead. Too slow to react, the car strikes the figure, and Andrew feels the crunch of the object beneath his wheels. The following morning, Andrew switches on Radio 4: ‘Police are requesting any information the public might have relating to a hit and run on Country Road yesterday evening, where a 6-year-old boy unfortunately lost his life. Anybody with information relating to the event, believed to have occurred in the hours in which one could be expected to be travelling home from an intimate dinner party, should contact their local police station immediately’. Andrew realises that it was not a deer he hit with his car, and turns himself in to the police station. For Bernard Williams and Thomas Nagel, this is a classic case of moral luck. In both possible worlds, Andrew’s actions and intentions were the same. In the first, Andrew wakes up and continues with his life. In the second, we expect him to face up to fourteen years in prison. Our question: should we judge Andrew’s moral character any more harshly in the second case than the first - do they not deserve the same punishment? Contents Part I. Bernard Williams Part II. Thomas Nagel Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion Links Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck Bernard Williams, Moral Luck Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck
In this Slate Plus segment, Barry is joined by Sarah Lustbader to discuss the issues raised in Episode 1: Criminal Minds. Sarah expresses skepticism about the significance of mens rea in ordinary prosecution of street crimes, Barry uses the opportunity to discuss the issue of moral luck as an explanation of why egregiousness of outcome seems to be the driving factor for prosecution rather than mens rea. The two end with a discussion of why the deontological/consequentialist distinction is so difficult to figure out for reform-minded advocates. To get all bonus episodes this season, and to get ad-free feeds of this and every other Slate podcast, sign up for Slate Plus at http://www.slate.com/hiphiplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Imagine two possible worlds. In the first world, Andrew is driving home from an intimate dinner party with Olly and Jack. He has been enjoying a range of delicious cheeses and wines, despite being the designated driver. With the exception of Andrew’s singing, the drive is uneventful, and the party arrives home, safe and sound. In the second world, the same initial conditions apply. Andrew has enjoyed a plethora of gastronomic delights, and finds himself behind the wheel, singing without reservation. Driving through the familiar country roads, where sadly it has been known for deer to meet the paths of oncoming traffic, Andrew sees an unknown shape ahead. Too slow to react, the car strikes the figure, and Andrew feels the crunch of the object beneath his wheels. The following morning, Andrew switches on Radio 4: ‘Police are requesting any information the public might have relating to a hit and run on Country Road yesterday evening, where a 6-year-old boy unfortunately lost his life. Anybody with information relating to the event, believed to have occurred in the hours in which one could be expected to be travelling home from an intimate dinner party, should contact their local police station immediately’. Andrew realises that it was not a deer he hit with his car, and turns himself in to the police station. For Bernard Williams and Thomas Nagel, this is a classic case of moral luck. In both possible worlds, Andrew’s actions and intentions were the same. In the first, Andrew wakes up and continues with his life. In the second, we expect him to face up to fourteen years in prison. Our question: should we judge Andrew’s moral character any more harshly in the second case than the first - do they not deserve the same punishment? Contents Part I. Bernard Williams Part II. Thomas Nagel Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion Links Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck Bernard Williams, Moral Luck Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Moral Luck
What a wild time to celebrate our 100th episode. At least we're celebrating it talking about something of great value, World War Z's portrayal of the loss of humanity from doing the right thing. I hope it helps to think about how we're all experiencing the grind and that's what makes us humans. Williams against Utilitarianism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/williams-bernard/#DayCannTooFarOffhWillAgaiUtil Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Essentialist Culture Pt2
Moving with the kind of speed you'd have hoped to see in our federal government, we have pivoted away from our Culture coverage (don't worry it's just bumped down the timeline a bit) to current events with Max Brooks's epic masterpiece World War Z. Easily one of the best works of horror fiction around. For part one, we talk through the consequentialist arguments in the first half, while marveling at all the disturbing similarities to the daily news. Part two is gonna cover the loss of humanity side of the book, so buckle up. Lifeboat ethics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: World War Z and Humanity pt2
Last episode, Thomas complained that I never take him to any nice utopias, so here we are! The Culture, the closest any sci-fi I've ever read got to anything that sounded like a good outcome, besides maybe Um-Helat. I'm told all of Ian Banks's books are fabulous, but we start with a really easy and satisfying intro to the Culture world, The Player of Games. In part one we cover the Culture society and whether it counts as an AI Utopia and what the potential costs are for living in such a society. Part two will cover the contrasting Empire of Azad and the various kinds of essentialism at its core. AI Utopia book: https://www.amazon.com/Automation-Utopia-Human-Flourishing-without/dp/0674984242/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Biological Essentialism pt2
I’m joined by Aaron Rabinowitz of Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space to discuss moral luck, moral judgement, and whether it’s ever justified to hate a person. Our first discussion on The Right to Reason Podcast: https://therighttoreason.podbean.com/e/panpsychism-debate/ Thomas Nagel – Moral Luck [PDF] Galen Strawson – Things That Bother Me [Amazon] Moral Luck [Stanford … Continue reading CA72 Moral Luck and Free Will Skepticism with Aaron Rabinowitz →
Dr. Martin Sand works at the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation at TU Delft as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow with a project on “Moral Luck in Science and Innovation”. He studied „European Culture and History of Ideas” at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) focusing on philosophy and ethics of technology. Sand obtained his PhD in 2018 with the thesis „Futures, Visions, and Responsibility-An Ethics of Innovation“, which was completed at the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS).The thesis was supervised by Prof. dr. Armin Grunwald (KIT) and Prof. dr. Ibo van de Poel (TU Delft). Sand is a member of the editorial board of the Springer journal Philosophy of Management and a member of the Serendipity Society. During his PhD, he taught business ethics and engineering ethics at the Technical University Kaiserslautern and Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe.https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/values-technology-and-innovation/people/postdocs/dr-m-martin-sand/
Dr. Martin Sand works at the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation at TU Delft as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow with a project on “Moral Luck in Science and Innovation”. He studied „European Culture and History of Ideas” at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) focusing on philosophy and ethics of technology. Sand obtained his PhD in 2018 with the thesis „Futures, Visions, and Responsibility-An Ethics of Innovation“, which was completed at the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS).The thesis was supervised by Prof. dr. Armin Grunwald (KIT) and Prof. dr. Ibo van de Poel (TU Delft). Sand is a member of the editorial board of the Springer journal Philosophy of Management and a member of the Serendipity Society. During his PhD, he taught business ethics and engineering ethics at the Technical University Kaiserslautern and Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe.https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/values-technology-and-innovation/people/postdocs/dr-m-martin-sand/
In dieser Episode spreche ich mit der Entität hinter dem Embrace The Void Podcasts, mit schlechtem Englisch, über das Phänomen des moralischen Glücks. Eine deutsche Zusammenfassung für alle, die entweder kein englisch können, oder sich mein englisch nicht antun können, wird es am Ende noch zusätzlich geben. Jede Form der Interaktion mit diesem Video (Bewertung, Kommentar, Teilen usw.) unterstützt mich und meinen Podcast. Ansonsten kann man mich auch noch über andere Plattformen finden und in Kontakt treten: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CorvusCorax Twitter: https://twitter.com/CorvusCoraxPC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3xHSnWZ-Y1kahvfe5MPBIw?view_as=subscriber Hier findet man den Embrace The Void Podcast (Und Philosophers In Space): Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmbraceTheVoidPod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ETVPod Website: https://voidpod.com/ Philosophers In Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Literatur zur Episode: Daniel Statman - Moral Luck ( https://philpapers.org/rec/STAML ) Geheimer Link des Tages: https://youtu.be/SkVFssgvk4k
::blows the conch shell of fan service:: In the spirt of social cohesion, we provide you with a triple dose of fan service. We present The Society, a much requested A- tweets in a bottle series, and we explain how it perfectly encapsulates the war of bro against bro that would arise in the absence of the social contract. To sweeten the deal, we even throw in some prisoners dilemmas and stag hunts to help understand why the state of nature is just the worst. Game Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/ Hobbesian Trap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbesian_trap Hobbes and Game Theory: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0953820809990069 Hobbes and Game Theory Revisted: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2011.00071.x Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron just gave his Moral Luck talk to the NYC Skeptics. If you have a local skeptics group and want to hear a talk get us invited! CONTENT PREVIEW: Blindsight and Philosophical Zombies
My usual urge to be snarky here is tempered by concern that we're already about to get teabagged into some hot water for our treatment of the good Dr. Who. Please forgive us our Yankness, and maybe consider a more moderate position for your media output, somewhere between 6 episodes a show and 6,000. Feels like there's room for some middle ground there. Oh right, enough meta banter, we watched Dr. Who season 2 episode 4 of the rebooted version, so the one with David Tennant. We discuss how the story is a classic case of misaligned AI and recommend several ways to better tune your AI so they don't cronenberg your ship. Enjoy! McCarthy Making Robots Conscious of their Mental States: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/56fd/32741b91482798c35c3344f9fceba7a846f0.pdf Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron just gave his Moral Luck talk to the NYC Skeptics. If you have a local skeptics group and want to hear a talk get us invited! CONTENT PREVIEW: The Society and The State of Nature AND Game Theory
An excerpt from Rorschach's rebooted journal: Viewers are afraid of HBO, for it has seen their true faces. The shows are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and boobies and when the drains finally scab over, all the bingers will drown. The accumulated filth of high budget, high concept sex and murder will foam up about their waists, and all the millennials and the boomers who's log ins they use will look up and shout "can't you make less compelling content", and HBO will look down and whisper "no." We're doing the first episode of Watchmen (with some minor references to the second episode)! The HBO version for the main show, and the movie version for NASA this month, so definitely get on that if you want to here Thomas complain about three hours of Zach Snyder. For the main show we'll be discussing the arguments for and against reparations. The case for reparations: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ The case against reparations: https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/05/case-against-reparations-kevin-d-williamson/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron just gave his Moral Luck talk to the NYC Skeptics. If you have a local skeptics group and want to hear a talk get us invited! CONTENT PREVIEW: The Society and the State of Nature
Here's what's going to happen, I'm going to do a matrix like voiceover and you're going to listen, and when that's over, you're going to have even less of a clue what's going on. It all started with a box... We're doing primer! Y'all asked, and we finally looped enough times to find the timeline where we deliver! You get to hear Thomas explain the 60% of the plot he was able to follow and then we haggle a bunch over the nature of time travel as per usual before settling in to argue if it's wrong to do what they do in the movie, whatever that is. The Ethics of Time Travel: https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/news/news-stories/2017/may/time-travel.html Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron just gave his Moral Luck talk to the NYC Skeptics. If you have a local skeptics group and want to hear a talk get us invited! CONTENT PREVIEW: HBO's Watchmen and Reparations
Now imagine an even greater and glorious afrofuturist podcast, where everyone gets equitable access to boxes. What price would you be willing to pay for that podcast?! Could you truly enjoy such a podcast knowing that those who challenge the podcast are summarily executed? What if we call their objections a disease that must be cut out at the root? Better or worse? This week we're doing the N.K. Jemisin's The Ones Who Stay and Fight, and we cover the paradox of tolerance and try to interpret what the story is saying about this very relevant issue. The Paradox of Tolerance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Tweets with Jemisin: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy/status/1184975338784382978 Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s Recent appearances: Aaron just gave his Moral Luck talk to the NYC Skeptics. If you have a local skeptics group and want to hear a talk get us invited! CONTENT PREVIEW: Primer and Science without Values
In this episode, we discuss The Atlantic article by Bahar Gholipour that presumed to somehow prove the existence of Free Will. Is this Libertarian or Compatiblist freedom? We don't know because the article never says... There are other things wrong with the article too, so tune in to hear them all discussed. Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736/ We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs _(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _ Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Contact us --- thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Above all, Thanks for watching.
In this episode, we discuss The Atlantic article by Bahar Gholipour that presumed to somehow prove the existence of Free Will. Is this Libertarian or Compatiblist freedom? We don't know because the article never says... There are other things wrong with the article too, so tune in to hear them all discussed. Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736/ We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs _(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _ Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Contact us --- thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Above all, Thanks for watching.
Hey friends, here's the audio from my talk in Sydney at Skeptics in the Pub. We've got video but it needs a bit of editing together so in the meantime hope you enjoy. Thanks again to Sydney skeptics in the pub for having me, and if anyone else is interested in a skeptics themed ethics talk send me a message through a social media!Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36sSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show and want to celebrate our 100th birthday, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!
It's another Jana mini episode, this week on Thomas Nagel and Moral Luck. Make sure to listen for the cameo appearance from Jana's cat! Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://bit.ly/2IMEPjL. Contact us at aovpodcast@gmail.com or visit us online at aovpodcast.com.
Lemme just get my witty banter beard on: Hey kids, do you like violence? Want to see Murtle the turtle stick needles in Dr. Strange's eyelids? Sorry, not current enough pop culture reference? How bout this? What's big, purple, has a jewelry fetish, and makes some really sound points about overpopulation? That's right! A Kardashian Oompa loompa. Too many references mashed together? Okay, how bout this: ::hour long battle scene, I timed it:: Okay okay, I'm not gonna give it all away for free, cause we're going all out with TWO pieces of Infinity Wars content. For those who want more philosophy and less snark, we have this episode where spend 90% of the time on the tragedy of the commons and how it applies to overpopulation. THEN, we're going to soon have NASA 3 come out, where we spend almost as long as one whole battle scene arguing about how awesome this movie is. If you were fans of the battle of Hamilton, you'll want in on this. Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons: https://pages.mtu.edu/~asmayer/rural_sustain/governance/Hardin%201968.pdf Ostrom et al Revisiting the Tragedy of the Commons: https://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/v1003/readings/Commons.revisited.pdf Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron was on the Political Philosophy Podcast discussing Moral Luck, and look for upcoming appearances by Aaron and GW on Everyone's Agnostic Podcast and Life After God podcast. https://player.fm/series/political-philosophy-podcast/moral-luck-a-conversation-with-etvs-aaron-rabinowitz CONTENT PREVIEW: Next week we're doing our ThankQ&A! Make sure you hop on patreon and hit us with your best questions, cause we got lots of people to thank! https://www.patreon.com/posts/need-questions-q-25252618
MORAL LUCK A Conversation With ETV's Aaron Rabinowitz by Toby Buckle
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions: 00:38 - "Why do we enjoy arbitrary things? By this for example I mean that I enjoy building and painting plastic figures. I understand that things like food please us physically because they are required for survival and that solving certain problems can please us mentally as that is also required for survival. In building plastic miniatures I am however in no way contributing to my life or odds of survival other than by the fact that I enjoy it. Isn't this completly irrational? What dictates our mental wants? Why do I want to be a teacher? I can tell you the reason I enjoy it, I can however not tell you why those reasons are more enjoyable to me than the reasons I like something else for and why I chose teaching as my job rather than something else that I enjoy less but still enjoy. The only reason I can off the top of my head come up with is a determinist one and that is propably not very objectivist." 06:35 - "Why is libel (or indirect force in general) force?" 13:07 - Moral luck *** Functional Philosophy is the weekly Q&A podcast that helps you gain and strengthen the philosophical foundations required to achieve certainty, success, and happiness. Subscribe to hear philosopher Charles Tew, an expert on Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, answer your questions on philosophy, politics, career, romance, and more. New episodes on Mondays. Website: https://www.charlestew.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/charlestew Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charlestew
On this episode of the show Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay discuss the recent guilty plea to dangerous driving offences by the accused in the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash, the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee that the Indian Act discriminates against women and the decision of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1. In obiter dicta, Oliver talks about the upcoming release of new albums, Hilary talks about the appropriation of Justin Trudeau's likeness (and that of his family) by a Kentucky outfitter and Rob talks about Nike's new self-lacing shoes. We are on Twitter: @stereodecisis ...and Facebook ...and Patreon!
Teddy, Jordan, Brian, and Adam discuss the arguments for the philosophical views of Liberatarian Free Will, Compatiblism, and Determinism. Then the discussion turns to blame, moral responsibility, crime, and punishment. The conversation gets wrapped up with a discussion of Thomas Nagel's essay on Moral Luck. If you want to support what we are doing, which would allow us to continue spending money on mics instead of food, you can do so through the following avenues: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs Visit our Website: thatsbspodcast.com Contact us: - thatsbspodcast@gmail.com - Comment Below - Comment on our Website Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Above all, Thanks for watching.
Teddy, Jordan, Brian, and Adam discuss the arguments for the philosophical views of Liberatarian Free Will, Compatiblism, and Determinism. Then the discussion turns to blame, moral responsibility, crime, and punishment. The conversation gets wrapped up with a discussion of Thomas Nagel's essay on Moral Luck. If you want to support what we are doing, which would allow us to continue spending money on mics instead of food, you can do so through the following avenues: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs Visit our Website: thatsbspodcast.com Contact us: - thatsbspodcast@gmail.com - Comment Below - Comment on our Website Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Above all, Thanks for watching.
Well, the cats out of the bag now. Everyone knows this is really The Bad Show. You'd think all the bickering between Thomas and I would have given it away sooner, but it's a relief to have it out in the open. Kidding! Everything is great! We're doing season two of The Good Place, a show we both think is great, and we're talking about Moral Luck, something you will all soon think is great! I strongly recommend the paper this week, I think it's an acceptable level of readable and has some real gems in it: Nagel's Moral Luck: rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil1100/Nagel1.pdf For folks who are interested in more discussions of free will and moral luck, check out episode 43 and 44 of Embrace the void: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/?offset=1528369260817 https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2018/5/24/ev-044-moral-luck and my very first appearance on Serious Inquires Only. We were so young and naive back then: https://seriouspod.com/sio11-free-will-aaron/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Thomas is back from QED! Invite us on your show! We have some guest appearances coming up but the more the merrier!
In this episode Zhang Yiming and I interview Fiery Cushman, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, on the logic of Moral Luck. For more on this topic see: Philosophy and Science of Mind Encyclopedia Entry (English) Philosophy and Science of Mind Encyclopedia Entry (Chinese)
Today we dive deep into a topic we (mostly Aaron) constantly reference: Moral Luck. We start with the root of the concept from Thomas Nagel's Moral Luck. We then dive into the factors that contribute to it, how it affects all aspects of our existence, and what a world might look like where Free Will as a concept is eliminated.Opening InvocationJordan Peterson's BeatitudesHero of the WeekYanni, or maybe Laurel
If humans have no free will, can we assign praise or blame? Is it reasonable to condemn someone as immoral in a deterministic universe? We explore the concept of moral responsibility in a naturalistic world and distinguish between causal and moral responsibility. We also examine the problem of moral luck, which makes a case for … Continue reading CA18 Moral Luck and Responsibility (Free Will pt. II) →
David and Tamler dip back into the Thomas Nagel well, and discuss the problem of "moral luck." Why do we blame drunk drivers who hit someone more than drunk drivers who make it home OK? Why do we judge people for things that are beyond their control (when we have strong intuitions that uncontrollable acts don't deserve blame)? Does moral luck ultimately swallow all of our behavior? Can we truly embrace the view that "actions are events and people are things" or are we stuck with another unsolvable clash of competing perspectives (just like the problem of absurdity)? Plus, Dave exposes himself on the Partially Examined Life, Tamler self-censors, and somehow we discuss Hollywood harassment and stand-up comedy without mentioning Louis CK. (But only because we recorded this episode about five hours before the NY Times story broke.)
Motherhood and Moral Luck - Professor Sheri Tuttle Ross gives a definition of moral luck, and speaks about the notion of taking responsibility in connection to children and also “grey zones”.
The video mentioned in the podcast is https://youtu.be/DpDSPVv8lUE
How big of a role does luck play in our moral lives? Are we still to blame if certain factors are out of our control? How much are you allowed to drink at Dave & Busters? That last question might be unrelated. But that won't stop Connor and Dan from discussing it on this week's episode all about Moral Luck. Also discussed: the total dick move of drunk driving, and Connor's continued success with temporary sobriety.
David and Tamler talk about the perils of trying to step outside of your own perspective in ethics, science, and politics. What do Rawls' "original position" thought experiment, Pascal's Wager, and Moral Foundations Theory have in common? (Hint: it involves baking.) Plus, what movies (and other things) would serve as a litmus test when deciding on a potential life partner? What might liking or not liking a certain film, book, or TV series tell you about a person, and whether or not the relationship would work? And what sexual position is it rational to choose under the veil of ignorance? (It's a night episode...)LinksPart 1: Litmus TestsThe Bad News Bears (1976) [imdb.com]A Confederacy of Dunces [wikipedia.org]Drive [imdb.com]Every Frame A Painting--Drive: The Quadrant System [youtube.com]Ferris Bueller's Day Off [imdb.com]The Far Side [wikipedia.org]Frank [imdb.com]Hustle and Flow [imdb.com]Jackie Brown [imdb.com]Key and Peele [imdb.com]Miracle of Morgan's Creek [imdb.com]The Office (UK) [imdb.com]Pulp Fiction [imdb.com]Spaghetti Western [wikipedia.org]ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement/Dubbing) [wikipedia.org]Sullivan's Travels [imdb.com]Spellbound [imdb.com]Slapshot [imdb.com]What We Do in the Shadows [imdb.com]Part 2: Williams, B. (1981). Rawls and Pascal’s Wager. Moral Luck, 94-100. [verybadwizards.com]Moral Luck [amazon.com affiliate link]Moral Foundations Questionnaire (30-item) [moralfoundations.org]
More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/moral-luck. It seems reasonable to believe that we can only be blamed or praised for actions that are under our control. Nevertheless, in many concrete scenarios, we're inclined to base our moral assessment of people on circumstances that are ultimately beyond their control. Blind chance, or “moral luck,” as philosophers call it, may determine the difference between, say, murder and attempted murder. But do we think that a would-be murderer whose attempts are foiled by chance is really less morally culpable than someone who happens to succeed? How should moral luck affect our judgments of responsibility? John and Ken welcome back Susan Wolf from UNC Chapel Hill, author of "Meaning in Life and Why It Matters."
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Six" with listeners in this 15 January 2015 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Six" with listeners in this 15 January 2015 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Five" with listeners in this 4 December 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Five" with listeners in this 4 December 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Four" with listeners in this 17 July 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Four" with listeners in this 17 July 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Three" with listeners in this 19 June 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Three" with listeners in this 19 June 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Two" with listeners in this 5 June 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter Two" with listeners in this 5 June 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter One" with listeners in this 22 May 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Responsibility & Luck, Chapter One" with listeners in this 22 May 2014 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell answered questions on free will and moral responsibility, values destroyed by statism, leaving an inmate boyfriend, privacy in marriage, and more in this 17 November 2013 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell answered questions on free will and moral responsibility, values destroyed by statism, leaving an inmate boyfriend, privacy in marriage, and more in this 17 November 2013 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell podcast on "Reading of Responsibility & Luck, Chapter One" in this 15 November 2013 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell podcast on "Reading of Responsibility & Luck, Chapter One" in this 15 November 2013 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell answered questions on moral luck, parental support of adult children, guaranteed pensions for government employees, right to die, and more in this 2 December 2012 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell answered questions on moral luck, parental support of adult children, guaranteed pensions for government employees, right to die, and more in this 2 December 2012 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Should morality be immune from luck? It seems so. Yet outcomes beyond participants' control seem to affect our judgements of culpability. Fiery Cushman, a psychologist in the area of experimental philosophy (x-phi), has been investigating the phenomenon of moral luck and our apparently conflicting judgements about culpability and luck. In this interview with Nigel Warburton for the podcast Philosophy Bites he discusses his research on conflicting moral intuitions about outcomes, intentions, wrongness, culpabiity and punishment. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell podcast on "Two More Tidbits from Liberty on the Rocks" in this 20 April 2011 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell podcast on "Two More Tidbits from Liberty on the Rocks" in this 20 April 2011 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com