Podcasts about moral realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 94:51

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ROBERT WRIGHT: navigating moral realism

Lives Well Lived

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 63:05

Peter & Kasia are joined by author and journalist Robert Wright. Robert Wright is the New York Times bestselling author of The Evolution of God (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Nonzero, The Moral Animal, Three Scientists and their Gods, and Why Buddhism Is True. The discussion delves into the evolutionary explanations for altruism and sympathy, and how human sexual psychology impacts societal norms. The role of technology and non-zero-sum interactions in human history is explored, alongside the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Robert discusses moral realism, and the concept of being judged by a higher power.Keep up to date with Peter!Website: www.petersinger.infoSubstack: https://boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/YouTube: www.youtube.com/@peter_singerKeep up to date with Kasia!https://www.facebook.com/katarzyna.delazariradek Executive Producer: Rachel BarrettSpecial Thanks to Suzi Jamil! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Debating Moral Realism with Chris Kavanagh

Embrace The Void

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 77:11

My guest this week is Chris Kavanagh, cohost of Decoding the Gurus and a cognitive anthropologist working at the psychology department at Rikkyo university in Japan. I have him on to discuss a recent episode of theirs about metaethics and debate the case for moral realism. Plus we talk about their recent free will episode in the VIP segment. Enjoy!Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/Music by GW RodriguezSibling Pods:Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Next Episode: What's Left of Meritocracy with Gil Morejon.

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Renovating the Heart of Our Politics / Michael Wear

For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 46:08

With unflagging and unwavering hope in our civic life Michael Wear (Center for Christianity & Public Life) wants to renovate the character of Christian political engagement. He's a former White House and presidential campaign staffer and his new book is called The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life.In this conversation with Evan Rosa, he reflects on what it means to seek the good of the public; the problem of privatization; what it means to be politically homeless and how to avoid angst about that; the meanings of political parties and how we end up fractured and confused when we look for an identity in them; he reflects on Dallas Willard's epistemological and moral realism and its prospects for political life; and the virtue of gentleness and giving away the last word.About Michael WearMichael Wear is the Founder, President and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life, a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution based in the nation's capital with the mission to contend for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the public good. For well over a decade, he has served as a trusted resource and advisor for a range of civic leaders on matters of faith and public life, including as a White House and presidential campaign staffer. Michael is a leading voice on building a healthy civic pluralism in twenty-first century America. He has argued that the spiritual health and civic character of individuals is deeply tied to the state of our politics and public affairs.Michael previously led Public Square Strategies, a consulting firm he founded that helps religious organizations, political organizations, businesses and others effectively navigate the rapidly changing American religious and political landscape.Michael's next book, The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life, will be released on January 23, 2024. Michael's first book, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America, offers reflections, analysis and ideas about the role of faith in the Obama years and what it means for today. He has co-authored, or contributed to, several other books, including Compassion and Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, with Justin Giboney and Chris Butler. He also writes for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Catapult Magazine, Christianity Today and other publications on faith, politics and culture.Michael holds an honorary position at the University of Birmingham's Cadbury Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.Michael and his wife, Melissa, are both proud natives of Buffalo, New York. They now reside in Maryland, where they are raising their beloved daughters, Saoirse and Ilaria.Production NotesThis podcast featured Michael WearEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, & Tim BergelandA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

Moral Realism

Moral Minority

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 86:50

In this episode, Devin and Charles climb down from the heights of Nietzsche's critique of conventional morality in order to take a brief detour into the domain of twentieth-century analytic metaethics. Together they explore the historical context, motivating forces and access the viability of moral realism—the view that our moral claims have objective validity. The discussion focuses on the social conditions driving analytic philosophy's turn to logical and semantic analysis and how this leads to divergent views on the meaning/use of moral statements and the ontological status of moral claims. A version of moral realism known as intuitionism is explored through an overview of W.D. Ross's seminal work, The Right and the Good. Intuitionism claims that we come to learn moral truths as self-evident in analogous fashion to truths of mathematics and logic. Does this prima facie implausible view hold water? What does Ross's analysis of right action tells us about our obligations to our self and others? What virtues does his account of a plurality of duties and intrinsic value have over alternative theories like utilitarianism?

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Prof Michael Huemer, Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 53:54

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Prof Eric Sampson, Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 214:11

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#10: Pigeon Hour x Consistently Candid pod-crossover: I debate moral realism* with Max Alexander and Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse

Pigeon Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 68:17

IntroAt the gracious invitation of AI Safety Twitter-fluencer Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse, I appeared on the very first episode of her new podcast “Consistently Candid” to debate moral realism (or something kinda like that, I guess; see below) with fellow philosophy nerd and EA Twitter aficionado Max Alexander, alongside Sarah as moderator and judge of sorts.What I believeIn spite of the name of the episode and the best of my knowledge/understanding a few days ago, it turns out my stance may not be ~genuine~ moral realism. Here's my basic meta-ethical take:* Descriptive statements that concern objective relative goodness or badness (e.g., "it is objectively for Sam to donate $20 than to buy an expensive meal that costs $20 more than a similar, less fancy meal”) can be and sometimes are true; but* Genuinely normative claims like “Sam should (!) donate $20 and should not buy that fancy meal” are never objectively true.Of course the label per se doesn't really matter. But for a bunch of reasons it still seems wise to figure out which label really does work best.Some definitionsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Moral realists are those who think that, in these respects, things should be taken at face value—moral claims do purport to report facts and are true if they get the facts right. Moreover, they hold, at least some moral claims actually are true. That much is the common and more or less defining ground of moral realism (although some accounts of moral realism see it as involving additional commitments, say to the independence of the moral facts from human thought and practice, or to those facts being objective in some specified way).Wikipedia:The robust model of moral realism commits moral realists to three theses:* The semantic thesis: The primary semantic role of moral predicates (such as "right" and "wrong") is to refer to moral properties (such as rightness and wrongness), so that moral statements (such as "honesty is good" and "slavery is unjust") purport to represent moral facts, and express propositions that are true or false (or approximately true, largely false, and so on).* The alethic thesis: Some moral propositions are in fact true.* The metaphysical thesis: Moral propositions are true when actions and other objects of moral assessment have the relevant moral properties (so that the relevant moral facts obtain), where these facts and properties are robust: their metaphysical status, whatever it is, is not relevantly different from that of (certain types of) ordinary non-moral facts and properties.And to settle the matter, here's what some LLM have to say.My prompt:Suppose a person believes the following:1: Descriptive statements that concern objective relative goodness or badness (e.g., "it is objectively for Sam to donate $20 than to buy an expensive meal that costs $20 more than a similar, less fancy meal”) can be and sometimes are true; but 2: Genuinely normative claims like “Sam should donate $20 and should not buy that fancy meal” are never objectively true.Is this person best categorized as a moral realist?ChatGPTGiven these two beliefs, the person's stance doesn't align completely with traditional moral realism, which typically asserts that there are objective truths about both moral facts (like the goodness or badness of actions) and moral duties (what one should or should not do). However, it also doesn't fully align with moral anti-realism, since the person believes in some form of objective truth regarding moral value.One possible categorization for this stance could be a form of "value realism" combined with "normative anti-realism" or "normative subjectivism." This would mean that the person believes in objective truths about what is better or worse (value realism) but thinks that what one ought to do (normative claims) is not a matter of objective truth but perhaps of subjective judgment or societal conventions.This position is quite sophisticated and might be best understood as a hybrid or intermediate position in the landscape of moral philosophy, rather than fitting neatly into the category of moral realism or its standard alternatives.Great, so much for trying to fit things into nice little buckets.Claude, fortunately, is more definitive:No, the view described is not best categorized as moral realism. Here's why:Moral realism is the view that there are objective moral facts or truths. A moral realist believes that some moral claims, including normative claims about what one should or shouldn't do, can be objectively and mind-independently true.The view in the example accepts that there can be objective truths about relative degrees of goodness or badness (claim 1). However, it denies that there are objective normative truths about what one should or shouldn't do (claim 2). By rejecting that genuine normative 'should/shouldn't' claims can be objectively true, the view denies a key commitment of moral realism - namely that moral claims can state objective normative facts. At best it allows for objective evaluative facts about goodness/badness, not prescriptive facts about obligations.So this view would be more accurately categorized as a form of moral anti-realism like non-cognitivism or error theory. It does not qualify as moral realism because of its rejection of the existence of objective normative truths that could make strong normative claims justified or true. The commitment to objective evaluative facts alone does not sufficiently qualify the view as realist in the metaethical sense.In summary, the view accepts objective "good/bad" facts but denies objective "should/shouldn't" facts. This combination puts it at odds with core commitments of moral realism, so it is better seen as an anti-realist view.I'm gonna disagree with Claude here, at least in that the bolded claim above (objective normative facts are a key part of moral realism) just seems…wrong? Like all the definitions could replace the term “moral fact” or “moral claim” with “normative fact” and “normative claim” but they do not!So I really don't have a great answer to which label works best. One of two ~human level chatbots giving me a definitive-sounding “anti-realism” answer is too much evidence for me, whose only formal philosophy training is an undergrad minor, to rule that one out. There are also good arguments, I think, for the “realist label,” as well as for “neither” (i.e., ‘secret third thing'). In fact all of these seem pretty similar in terms of argument convincingness/correctness. So, in sum,

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Eric Schwitzgebel Philosopher Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 58:23

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Wstęp do metaetyki cz. 3: uniwersalna moralność #20

Filozofia Po Prostu

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 52:44

W tej serii poznajemy podstawy metaetyki – dziedziny filozofii, której celem jest wyjaśnienie podstaw moralności. Podczas gdy etyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie CO jest moralne, metaetyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie DLACZEGO (I CZY) coś w ogóle może być moralne. W cz. 3 omówimy teorie obiektywistyczne i uniwersalistyczne (zakładające istnienie obiektywnej lub uniwersalnej moralności): intuicjonizm metaetyczny, naturalizm metaetyczny, teorię Bożego rozkazu, oraz subiektywizm idealnego obserwatora. ---> DIAGRAM: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e8rFNgn8KFkWp6IKPFtY8u2ZXldDU7GB  ---> Podcast możesz wesprzeć na: Patronite – https://patronite.pl/filozofiapoprostu/description Buy Coffee – https://buycoffee.to/filozofiapoprostu To niezwykle pomocne i motywujące – dziękuję! :) Zapraszam też na sociale :) ---> Instagram: @filozofia_po_prostu https://www.instagram.com/filozofia_po_prostu/?hl=en ---> Facebook: Filozofia Po Prostu https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068611986622 ---> kontakt: filozofia.po.prostu.podcast@gmail.com Podcast powstaje dzięki niesamowitym Patronom i Patronkom: Bartłomiej Wachacz, Anna Limanowska, Pola Weryszko, Adrian Sokołowski, Patryk Neumann, Michał Semczyszyn, Magda Juraszewska, Przemek Łukasiński, Anita Włosek, Ewa Kamińska, Sebastian Cychowski, Michał Bukała, Michał Kruszewicz, Kuba Dziadosz, Alicja Zielińska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Agnieszka Myszkowska, Ewa Glu, Michał Klatka, Beata Kupczyńska, Karol Ciba, Paweł Jastrzębski, Piotr Juszczyński, Stefan Basista, Barbara Skobiej, Ela Petruk, Katarzyna Ergang, Kinga Kasińska, Michał Grązka, Piotr Romanowski, Rob Ak, Marcin Kweczlich, Nicolina Majewska, Marcin Maśkiewicz, Szymon Zawierucha, Małgośka Radkiewicz, Maciej Ruciński, Hania Ślęk, Michał Wojciak, Michał Śliwiński, Rafał Myrcik, Katarzyna Kwietniewska, Cezary Spustek, Mikołaj Gala, Bartosz Szarowar, Aleksandra Franczyk, Natalia Pietrzak, Kamil Gucwa, Michał Felerski, Brądzylians Fąfalny, Witold Barycki, Karol Głowacki, Elo Mordo, Dawid Dziedzic, Maciej Foremski, Ewa Dąbrowska, Maja Smolarz, Andrzej Manoryk, Dorota Uniewska, Bartlomiej Mej, Marek Paszkowski, Marcin Gryszko, Antoni Kania, Piotr Żmudziński, Bartosz Kolasa, Paweł Doligalski, Werka G, Maria Matyka, oraz Patroni i Patronki anonimowi. Dziękuję!

Wstęp do metaetyki cz.2 : przeciwko uniwersalnej moralności #19

Filozofia Po Prostu

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 48:13

W tej serii poznajemy podstawy metaetyki – dziedziny filozofii, której celem jest wyjaśnienie podstaw moralności. Podczas gdy etyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie CO jest moralne, metaetyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie DLACZEGO (I CZY) coś w ogóle może być moralne. W cz. 2 omawiamy teorie anty-obiektywistyczne (odmawiające istnienia obiektywnej moralności): emotywizm, preskryptywizm, teorię błędu, relatywizm mówiącego, relatywizm jednostki, relatywizm kulturowy - a także przy okazji takie zagadnienia jak ewolucjonizm metaetyczny i quasi-realism. ---> DIAGRAM: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e8rFNgn8KFkWp6IKPFtY8u2ZXldDU7GB ---> Podcast możesz wesprzeć na: Patronite – https://patronite.pl/filozofiapoprostu/description Buy Coffee – https://buycoffee.to/filozofiapoprostu To niezwykle pomocne i motywujące – dziękuję! :) Zapraszam też na sociale: ---> Instagram: @filozofia_po_prostu https://www.instagram.com/filozofia_po_prostu/?hl=en ---> Facebook: Filozofia Po Prostu https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068611986622 ---> kontakt: filozofia.po.prostu.podcast@gmail.com Podcast powstaje dzięki niesamowitym Patronom i Patronkom: Bartłomiej Wachacz, Anna Limanowska, Pola Weryszko, Adrian Sokołowski, Patryk Neumann, Michał Semczyszyn, Magda Juraszewska, Przemek Łukasiński, Anita Włosek, Ewa Kamińska, Sebastian Cychowski, Michał Bukała, Michał Kruszewicz, Kuba Dziadosz, Alicja Zielińska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Agnieszka Myszkowska, Ewa Glu, Michał Klatka, Beata Kupczyńska, Karol Ciba, Paweł Jastrzębski, Piotr Juszczyński, Stefan Basista, Barbara Skobiej, Ela Petruk, Katarzyna Ergang, Kinga Kasińska, Michał Grązka, Piotr Romanowski, Rob Ak, Marcin Kweczlich, Nicolina Majewska, Marcin Maśkiewicz, Szymon Zawierucha, Małgośka Radkiewicz, Maciej Ruciński, Hania Ślęk, Michał Wojciak, Michał Śliwiński, Rafał Myrcik, Katarzyna Kwietniewska, Cezary Spustek, Mikołaj Gala, Bartosz Szarowar, Aleksandra Franczyk, Natalia Pietrzak, Kamil Gucwa, Michał Felerski, Brądzylians Fąfalny, Witold Barycki, Karol Głowacki, Elo Mordo, Dawid Dziedzic, Maciej Foremski, Ewa Dąbrowska, Maja Smolarz, Andrzej Manoryk, Dorota Uniewska, Bartlomiej Mej, Marek Paszkowski, Marcin Gryszko, Antoni Kania, Piotr Żmudziński, Bartosz Kolasa, Paweł Doligalski, oraz Patroni i Patronki anonimowi. Dziękuję! OPRACOWANIA: Fisher, A. 2014. Metaethics: an introduction. Routledge. Miller, A. 2014. Contemporary metaethics: an introduction. John Wiley & Sons. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, online 2023: https://plato.stanford.edu/, hasła z dziedziny metaetyki. WYBRANE TEKSTY ŹRÓDŁOWE: Ayer, A. J., 1946. “A Critique of Ethics”, in Language, Truth and Logic, London: Gollanz, 102–114. Blackburn, S., 1993. Essays in Quasi-Realism, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Blackburn, S., 1998. Ruling Passions, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Boyd, R., 1988. “How to Be a Moral Realist,” in Essays on Moral Realism, G. Sayre-McCord (ed.), 181–228. Firth, R., 1952, “Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer”, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 12: 317–345. Foot, P., 1958, “Moral Beliefs”, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 59: 83–104. Hare, R. M., 1952. The Language of Morals, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hume, D., 1739. Treatise Concerning Human Nature, L.A. Selby-Bigge (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888. Joyce, R., 2001. The Myth of Morality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mackie, J. L., 1977. Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong, London: Penguin Books. Moore, G. E., 1903. Principia Ethica, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rawls, J. 2001. Justice as fairness: A restatement. Harvard University Press. Rorty, R. 2013. Pragmatism, relativism, and irrationalism. The American Philosophical Association Centennial Series, 653-666. Singer, P. 1981. The expanding circle. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Stevenson, C., 1937. “The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms”, Mind, 46: 14–31.

Wstęp do metaetyki cz. 1: Jak filozofia stara się wyjaśnić podstawy moralności? #18

Filozofia Po Prostu

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 46:02

W tym odcinku poznajemy podstawy metaetyki –dziedziny filozofii, której celem jest wyjaśnienie podstaw moralności. Podczas gdy etyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie CO jest moralne, metaetyka stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie DLACZEGO (I CZY) coś w ogóle może być moralne. Odcinek ten jest publikowany w częściach: w cz. 1. omawiamy podstawowe problemy i terminy dotyczące podstaw moralności (wstęp do teorii ;). ---> Podcast możesz wesprzeć na Patronite – o tutaj: https://patronite.pl/filozofiapoprostu/description To niezwykle pomocne i motywujące – dziękuję! :) Zapraszam też na sociale: ---> Instagram: @filozofia_po_prostu https://www.instagram.com/filozofia_po_prostu/?hl=en ---> Facebook: Filozofia Po Prostu https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068611986622 ---> kontakt: filozofia.po.prostu.podcast@gmail.com Podcast powstaje dzięki niesamowitym Patronom i Patronkom: Bartłomiej Wachacz, Anna Limanowska, Pola Weryszko, Adrian Sokołowski, Patryk Neumann, Michał Semczyszyn, Magda Juraszewska, Przemek Łukasiński, Anita Włosek, Ewa Kamińska, Sebastian Cychowski, Michał Bukała, Michał Kruszewicz, Kuba Dziadosz, Alicja Zielińska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Agnieszka Myszkowska, Ewa Glu, Michał Klatka, Beata Kupczyńska, Karol Ciba, Paweł Jastrzębski, Piotr Juszczyński, Stefan Basista, Barbara Skobiej, Ela Petruk, Katarzyna Ergang, Kinga Kasińska, Michał Grązka, Piotr Romanowski, Rob Ak, Marcin Kweczlich, Nicolina Majewska, Marcin Maśkiewicz, Szymon Zawierucha, Małgośka Radkiewicz, Maciej Ruciński, Hania Ślęk, Michał Wojciak, Michał Śliwiński, Rafał Myrcik, Katarzyna Kwietniewska, Cezary Spustek, Mikołaj Gala, Bartosz Szarowar, Aleksandra Franczyk, Natalia Pietrzak, Kamil Gucwa, Michał Felerski, Brądzylians Fąfalny, Witold Barycki, Karol Głowacki, Elo Mordo, Dawid Dziedzic, Maciej Foremski, Ewa Dąbrowska, Maja Smolarz, Andrzej Manoryk, Dorota Uniewska, Bartlomiej Mej, Marek Paszkowski, Marcin Gryszko, Antoni Kania, oraz Patroni i Patronki anonimowi. Dziękuję!

Are Right and Wrong Real? (Episode 43)

Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 57:20

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on MavenAre things really right or wrong? Is morality objective? In this conversation, Caleb gives three arguments for thinking that it is. Michael questions each one. Along the way, they discuss the Stoic response to skepticism, why this issue matters, and how the ancient Stoics grounded their picture of the good life.(06:51) What is Moral Realism?(16:12) The Argument from Intuition(26:47) The Argument from Practical Reason(40:12) Epistemic Realism***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/podListen 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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68 - Simon Blackburn: Moral Realism, Antirealism, and Quasirealism

Robinson's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 68:50

Simon Blackburn was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Though he has worked in many areas of philosophy, he is best known for his contributions to metaethics and the philosophy of language. Simon and Robinson discuss the distinction between ethics and metaethics before primarily focusing on the latter, where they explore the concept of realism. Simon's latest books are Lust and Mirror, Mirror. OUTLINE: 4:31 Simon's History with Metaethics 8:20 Distinguishing Ethics and Metaethics 12:57 On Moral Realism 39:42 Frege and the True 43:57 Moral Quasi-realism 54:52 Moral Quasi-realism and Living a Good Life Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

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Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer

Counter Apologetics

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 123:13

Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to discuss moral realism vs. antirealism, ethical intuitionism, phenomenal conservatism, moral disagreement, and much else in moral philosophy. (This aired originally on YouTube and Walden Pod.) Ethical Intuitionism Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy William Lane Craig vs. Erik Wielenberg Linktree / The Five … Continue reading Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer →

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59 - Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer

Walden Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 123:13

Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to discuss moral realism vs. antirealism, ethical intuitionism, phenomenal conservatism, moral disagreement, and much else in moral philosophy. Ethical Intuitionism Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy William Lane Craig vs. Erik Wielenberg Linktree / The Five Metaethical Positions / Noncognitivism/expressivism: Moral statements are neither true nor false. Evaluative predicates do not even purportedly refer to any sort of property, nor do evaluative statements assert propositions. Error theory/nihilism: Moral statements (that imply that something has an evaluative property) are all false. Subjectivism: Some moral statements are true, but not objectively. For a thing to be good is for some individual or group to (be disposed to) take some attitude towards it. Moral Naturalism: There are objective moral properties, but they are reducible. Evaluative truths are reducible to descriptive truths. Additionally, moral statements can be justified empirically. Moral Non-Naturalism/Intuitionism: There are objective moral properties, and they are irreducible. Evaluative truths are not reducible to descriptive truths. Additionally, at least some moral truths are known intuitively. / Timestamps / 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Objective vs. Subjective 06:45 Five Metaethical Views 36:45 Fictionalism 50:40 Phenomenal Conservatism, Scientism, Skepticism 1:15:00 Moral Disagreement 1:25:00 Theism and Moral Realism 1:41:00 Companions in Innocence 1:46:30 Evolutionary Debunking Arguments 2:00:00 Huemer's soul is not in Colorado nor is it in Michigan

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Eric Schwitzgebel (Philosopher) Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 58:23

If you can, please consider donating to my paypal/patreon to keep these debates and conversations going To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/TJump To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/TomJump CashApp: $TjumpsChair Youtube Membership Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXrvsK33VUEcpa4Ar0c0Sg/join Sponsor: Don Fullman, Skeptics of Middle Georgia https://www.facebook.com/groups/591799015097830/?ref=share TJump merch: https://linktr.ee/TJump.Merch (Mugs) https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomLaserShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=626272860§ion_id=34163225 (Shirts) https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:7141123011,p_4:TJump+Merch&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011 TJump NFT's: https://opensea.io/collection/tjump -----------------------------------------CONNECT------------------------------------------ SOCIAL LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tjump Discord: https://discord.io/tjump Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TJump_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.jump.982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjump_/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tjumpschair Tictok: @tjumpschair TJump Gaming: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6PnoL9QDYnkiUvykmlLQQ ----------------------------------------CONTACT------------------------------------------- Business email: tejump@comcast.net ---------------------------------------- Further Goals ------------------------------------- Publish my book on epistemology and morality Publish academic papers on solving problems in these fields Become President of the United States Solve world's biggest problems World domination #Atheism #Secularism #Humanism

Joshua Yen (Christian) Problem of Evil & Moral Realism

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 88:05

If you can, please consider donating to my paypal/patreon to keep these debates and conversations going To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/TJump To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/TomJump CashApp: $TjumpsChair Youtube Membership Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXrvsK33VUEcpa4Ar0c0Sg/join Sponsor: Don Fullman, Skeptics of Middle Georgia https://www.facebook.com/groups/591799015097830/?ref=share TJump merch: https://linktr.ee/TJump.Merch (Mugs) https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomLaserShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=626272860§ion_id=34163225 (Shirts) https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:7141123011,p_4:TJump+Merch&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011 TJump NFT's: https://opensea.io/collection/tjump -----------------------------------------CONNECT------------------------------------------ SOCIAL LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tjump Discord: https://discord.io/tjump Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TJump_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.jump.982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjump_/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tjumpschair Tictok: @tjumpschair TJump Gaming: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6PnoL9QDYnkiUvykmlLQQ ----------------------------------------CONTACT------------------------------------------- Business email: tejump@comcast.net ---------------------------------------- Further Goals ------------------------------------- Publish my book on epistemology and morality Publish academic papers on solving problems in these fields Become President of the United States Solve world's biggest problems World domination #Atheism #Secularism #Humanism

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S06E07: Discussing Moral Realism and Anti-Realism With The Identity Christ-Is Podcast

Fermenting Opinions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 120:19

Are you a moral realist? An antirealist? Have you ever even heard these terms before? Morality is a complex topic and its a central feature of the Great Debate on the existence God. On this episode I sit down again with Jaylen and Dylan of the Identity Christ-Is podcast to discuss morality, how we may … Continue reading S06E07: Discussing Moral Realism and Anti-Realism With The Identity Christ-Is Podcast

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#646 Russ Shafer-Landau: Metaethics, and Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 62:10

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His primary interest is in ethics. He is the author of Moral Realism: A Defence (Oxford 2003), Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (Oxford 2004), and The Fundamentals of Ethics (Oxford 2010). He is the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics, and is the founder and organizer of the annual Madison Metaethics Workshop (MadMeta). He is also the director of the Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics. In this episode, we talk about metaethics, and moral realism. We ask what is metaethics, and define moral realism. We go through several challenges to moral realism, like evolutionary debunking arguments, apparent moral variation across cultures, moral foundations theory, and arguments from disagreement. We discuss if and how we can know that an epistemological approach is the best one out there. Finally, we talk about where moral beliefs come from, and the implications that might have for how moral philosophers do their work. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, IDAN SOLON, ROMAIN ROCH, DMITRY GRIGORYEV, TOM ROTH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, AL ORTIZ, NELLEKE BAK, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, NICK GOLDEN, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS P. FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, DENISE COOK, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, TRADERINNYC, AND MAX BEILBY! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, LUIS CAYETANO, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, THOMAS TRUMBLE, AND NUNO ELDER! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, JAMES PRATT, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, AND BOGDAN KANIVETS!

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PGS - Metaethics - Part ONE - Moral Realism

Philosophy Gets Schooled

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 94:40

Metaethics and Moral Realism. Part 1 (Intro to metaethics and moral realism) Part 2 (25min30sec- moral naturalism, Moore's Open Question Argument). Part 3 (54mins25sec - moral nonnaturalism, and problems with the OQA, summary). Paul Moore-Bridger and Ben Jones chat with Simon Kirchin (Kent). Also - check out our other two episodes: Part TWO on moral anti-realism, and the metaethics short summary. [Music by Alex Grohl]

Prof. Michael Huemer, Moral Realism

Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 53:54

If you can, please consider donating to my paypal/patreon to keep these debates and conversations going To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/TJump To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/TomJump CashApp: $TjumpsChair Youtube Membership Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXrvsK33VUEcpa4Ar0c0Sg/join Sponsor: Don Fullman, Skeptics of Middle Georgia https://www.facebook.com/groups/591799015097830/?ref=share TJump merch: https://linktr.ee/TJump.Merch (Mugs) https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomLaserShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=626272860§ion_id=34163225 (Shirts) https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:7141123011,p_4:TJump+Merch&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011 TJump NFT's: https://opensea.io/collection/tjump -----------------------------------------CONNECT------------------------------------------ SOCIAL LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tjump Discord: https://discord.io/tjump Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TJump_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.jump.982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjump_/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tjumpschair Tictok: @tjumpschair TJump Gaming: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6PnoL9QDYnkiUvykmlLQQ ----------------------------------------CONTACT------------------------------------------- Business email: tejump@comcast.net ---------------------------------------- Further Goals ------------------------------------- Publish my book on epistemology and morality Publish academic papers on solving problems in these fields Become President of the United States Solve world's biggest problems World domination #Atheism #Secularism #Humanism

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Moral Realism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 50:17 Very Popular

The war questions are back, you notice—in everyday America: the talk of risk, the chance of ruin, the push and pull of righteousness, restraint; and all that history in our heads. Who gets it right ...

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Prof. Eric Sampson, Moral Realism

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 214:11

If you can, please consider donating to my paypal/patreon to keep these debates and conversations going To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/TJump To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/TomJump CashApp: $TjumpsChair Youtube Membership Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXrvsK33VUEcpa4Ar0c0Sg/join Sponsor: Don Fullman, Skeptics of Middle Georgia https://www.facebook.com/groups/591799015097830/?ref=share TJump merch: https://linktr.ee/TJump.Merch (Mugs) https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomLaserShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=626272860§ion_id=34163225 (Shirts) https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:7141123011,p_4:TJump+Merch&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011 -----------------------------------------CONNECT------------------------------------------ My Website: tomjump.org SOCIAL LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tjump Discord: discord.io/tjump Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TJump_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.jump.982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjump_/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tjumpschair Tictok: @tjumpschair TJump Gaming: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6PnoL9QDYnkiUvykmlLQQ ----------------------------------------CONTACT------------------------------------------- Business email: tejump@comcast.net ---------------------------------------- Further Goals ------------------------------------- Publish my book on epistemology and morality Publish academic papers on solving problems in these fields Become President of the United States Solve world's biggest problems World domination #Atheism #Secularism #Humanism

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Moral Realism Explained with John Fisher 2.0

Militant Thomist

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 96:54

In this episode, I sit down with John Fisher 2.0 and will discuss the topic of Moral Realism. John Fisher 2.0 was able to answer questions from our viewers on moral realism and how it pertains to the Catholic faith. If you would like to follow John Fisher, you can find his YouTube and Twitter below: https://www.youtube.com/c/OriginalWinProductions Twitter: @JohnFisher2dot0 If you have any more ideas on topics you would like for me to discuss, join my discord channel at the link below: https://discord.gg/3pP6r6Mxdg If you like this video, be sure to hit that subscribe button so you can keep up with future videos on my channel. If you would like to follow me on social media, or become a patron, click on the linktree or patreon link below to support this channel: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ApologiaAnglicana Patreon: patreon.com/militantthomist

EA - Dismantling Hedonism-inspired Moral Realism by Lukas Gloor

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 23:28

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Dismantling Hedonism-inspired Moral Realism, published by Lukas Gloor on January 27, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is the seventh post in my moral anti-realism sequence; it works well as a standalone piece. Outline Hedonism says that well-being consists of the felt quality of our experiences (Tännsjö, 1994). As a theory of value (an “axiology”), it says that positively and negatively valenced experiences make up what's morally good or bad for someone. Below, I'll introduce two motivations for hedonist axiology. I then explain why I disagree with the view that introspection about the goodness of pleasure (or badness of pain) gets us to moral realism. Finally, I conclude that people may endorse hedonism as their subjective value system (a personal choice) but not as objective morality. My counter-arguments aren't new. Robert Nozick's experience-machine thought experiment (Nozick, 1974) suggests that at least some of us seem to care terminally about things other than positive and negative experiences. While hedonists would say this is making a mistake, I don't find their counters convincing. I'll discuss below why I think the hedonists' arguments are flawed. They often seem based on (1) false consensus effects (“typical mind fallacy”), (2) a false reification of some intuitions about experiences, or (3) appeals to hedonism's simplicity that derive most of their force from “moral realism is true” as a question-begging premise. Two motivations for hedonism Following the naturalism vs. non-naturalism distinction in metaethics, I see two ways of justifying hedonist axiology. Hedonism via Objective Value First, one could seek to justify hedonism via the concept of Objective Value – a bedrock concept, i.e., an “irreducible” concept that we cannot identify with concepts from a different domain. (Unlike the way “chemical facts” can be reduced to facts about fundamental particles, or the way "economical facts" can be explained in terms of people's behavior and psychology, and so on. See my previous post, Why Realists and Anti-Realists Disagree, for a detailed discussion of bedrock concepts.) In her dissertation Normative Qualia and Robust Moral Realism (Hewitt, 2008, p. 325), Sharon Hewitt Rawlette explains Objective Value:[1] [W]e need to draw a clear distinction between the act or attitude of valuing and the having of objective value. Valuing is what people do; it's an activity or disposition which involves desiring something and approving of that desiring. [...] Having objective value, on the other hand, is an objectively normative property of an object, event, or state of affairs, such as a positive normative quale. In other words, something of Objective Value is valuable “in itself” and not only because we happen to value it. Specifically, Hewitt Rawlette argues that we can find Objective Value in the hedonic tone of some conscious experiences. She speaks of the “intrinsic normativity” of pain or pleasure, which we can recognize in our own experiences through introspection (p. 102). This sort of argument is common among proponents of hedonist axiology. For example, Neil Sinhababu (Sinhababu, 2010) speaks simply of pleasure's “goodness,” making essentially the same introspection-based argument: When looking at a lemon and considering the phenomenal states that are yellow experiences, one can form some beliefs about their intrinsic features – for example, that they're bright experiences. And when considering experiences of pleasure, one can make some judgments about their intrinsic features – for example, that they're good experiences. Just as one can look inward at one's experience of lemon yellow and recognize its brightness, one can look inward at one's experience of pleasure and recognize its goodness. Hedonism as the True Life Goal Secondly, someone could mo...

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EA - Moral Uncertainty and Moral Realism Are in Tension by Lukas Gloor

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 14:10

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Moral Uncertainty and Moral Realism Are in Tension, published by Lukas Gloor on January 25, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is the sixth post in my moral anti-realism sequence; I wrote it as a standalone piece. This post explains why I think confident belief in moral realism and moral uncertainty don't go together. Since moral uncertainty often comes up in a moral realist context, I think this causes some problems for the concept. In this sequence's final post, titled Metaethical Uncertainty, Uncertainty Over What To Value, and Under-Defined Values, I will present three related but more cleanly defined concepts with which to potentially replace “moral uncertainty:” Valuing moral reflection (and uncertainty over one's reflection outcome) Having under-defined values (deliberately or by accident) Metaethical uncertainty (and wagering on moral realism) My goal is for these concepts (alongside further distinctions and caveats) to capture as much of the original meaning of “moral uncertainty” as we can salvage. What is moral uncertainty? In a moral realist context, “moral uncertainty” means uncertainty about what we all-things-considered morally ought to do (MacAskill, Bykvist and Ord, 2020). Moral anti-realists may use the same phrase, but to my knowledge, there's been little discussion on how to conceptualize moral uncertainty under anti-realism. That will be the subject of my sequence's final post, where I'll also discuss how to allow for metaethical uncertainty (in case moral realism is correct after all). Why I consider the concept unsatisfying Moral realism implies the existence of a speaker-independent moral reality. Being morally uncertain means having a vague or unclear understanding of that reality. So there's a hidden tension: Without clearly apprehending the alleged moral reality, how can we be confident it exists? Moral realists may give various replies to this challenge. However, as I will argue in the following section, I think the only path to moral realism worthy of the name involves gaining clarity on the true object-level morality. Note that philosophers use “moral realism” to mean different things. In this sequence's first post (What Is Moral Realism?), I explained how I'm reserving the term for views that have action-relevant implications for effective altruists. Also, note that my claim isn't that moral uncertainty is altogether unworkable. Instead, I argue that moral uncertainty almost by necessity[1] implies metaethical uncertainty,[2] that is, uncertainty between moral realism and moral anti-realism. Three inadequate replies Below, I'll describe three responses people might give in reply to my challenge and discuss why I find them inadequate. (1) We know at least some moral facts, but certain aspects of morality could be forever unknowable One way to disagree with me and claim that confident belief in moral realism and moral uncertainty do go together relies on the concept “irreducible normativity.” (See this post for a detailed discussion of the concept.) Proponents of irreducible normativity face a challenge. They have to explain how their concepts even operate, how normative concepts can be “irreducible” yet still meaningful. They must also explain how irreducible normative statements can successfully refer to a “normative reality.” I don't think that a successful explanation exists, but I'll now describe how someone could attempt to provide one and how it would relate to moral uncertainty. A proponent of irreducible normativity might argue that we can ground moral realism in the introspective analysis of moral concepts, specifically of morally self-evident statements like “Torturing innocent children is wrong.” Their claim, then, is twofold: (1) Moral statements are statements about a speaker-independent normative reality. (2) Some s...

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TAC.13- Four Arguments for Moral Realism (Dr. Eric Sampson)

The Analytic Christian

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 79:26

Here's the google doc Dr. Sampson mentions in the interview. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBPYK_UHOoQhEKjR1URok4tO_tXgqCY5wy5pyFzSZDk/edit If you value the work that I'm doing please consider becoming a patron. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian For more resources on Christian philosophy & theology go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com

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#534 Michael Huemer: Moral Realism, Ethical Intuitionism, and Veganism

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 106:44

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than seventy academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as several books, like Skepticism and the Veil of Perception, Ethical Intuitionism, The Problem of Political Authority, Approaching Infinity, Paradox Lost, and Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism. In this episode, we talk about ethics and veganism. We start by discussing objectivity in ethics, and how we can objectively determine right and wrong. We get into ethical intuitionism, and discuss where our ethical intuitions come from, including their evolutionary bases. We talk about objections to moral nihilism and moral relativism. We talk about the relationship between science and ethics. We then discuss several different questions in animal ethics, including what makes an animal worthy of moral consideration; animal rights, and legislation concerning animal wellbeing; the extinction of the animals from the meat industry; anti-natalism; how we should deal with carnivore species; cannibalism; and if it would be possible for all of us to become vegan. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, IDAN SOLON, ROMAIN ROCH, DMITRY GRIGORYEV, TOM ROTH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, AL ORTIZ, NELLEKE BAK, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, NICK GOLDEN, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS P. FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, AND URSULA LITZCKE! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, LUIS CAYETANO, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, AND THOMAS TRUMBLE! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, JAMES PRATT, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, AND BOGDAN KANIVETS!

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Crito (cont.) EP6 Moral Realism

Understanding Plato

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 4:40

This 4 minute episode has a short summary of the previous episode, emphasizing Socrates' passionate claim that the duty to obey the law is always superior to individual desires. But this still leaves the listener or reader with questions about "moral knowledge." Is there such a thing as objective knowledge about what is and what is not "morally right"?

The Truth of it All – SciPhi

Answers In Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 97:32

The Truth is Out There! What is truth? How can we know if something is true? What is a truth-apt statement? Do all statements hold a truth value? How does truth relate to morality? Can we have a subjective truth? In this stream, we hope to cover off these questions and examine a few theories of truth. There are actually quite a few theories of truth, but the most important ones are: Correspondence theory Coherence theory Semantic Theory Pragmatic Theory... Read More... Read More

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Aaron Rabinowitz on Moral Realism

Reasoning Aloud

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 99:53

Ethics are a funny thing. If you asked most people on the street what they believe about what's right or wrong, they probably wouldn't be able to give you a very robust explanation. That's because we don't often spend a whole lot of time thinking about the valance of moral decisions, for most of us it just comes down to our culture and what we feel is the best thing at any given moment. But claims about how we should behave, or about how we know how we should behave, have incredibly broad implications in not just our everyday lives but our world as a whole, so it's well worth our time to think critically about them every now and again. On today's episode we do just that! I have the pleasure of being joined by Dr. Aaron Rabinowitz, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and host of the Embrace the Void Podcast. Aaron and I discuss the how's and the whys of what it means to be good in a world without God, or anything else supernatural, and the different ways that different people can come to very similar ideas about ethical principles, even if we start from different places. www.reasoningaloud.org/arronrabinowitz

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Objective Morality? Be Real(ist) – SciPhi

Answers In Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2021 111:00

Moral Realism Moral Realism states that there are some moral truths that are agent independent. Whilst not all moral judgements are necessarily objective, some are, at least under moral realism. We explore if morality can indeed be objective as well as answering questions and statements about moral relativism, subjectivism, and discussing truth-apt statements. Objective Morality!? Be Ral(ist)! – The Video Our SciPhi Podcasts are usually live YouTube Streams. If you prefer to watch rather than listen, here’s the video:... Read More

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#8 Conversation with a moral realist - Stanley Samuel

Day 2 Project

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 51:51

What we call moral truths today, are they objective or subjective? In other words, are moral truths objectively true and thus true independently of what our society says? Stanley Samuel, who is also a moral realist, someone who believes there are fundamental moral principles that are objectively true regardless of the context in which they are used, joining Bino Manjasseril for an open conversation on this.Like this content? Subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting platform (Google, Spotify, Apple) or YouTube, email us at podcast@day2project.com, follow us on twitter @Day2Project

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Moral Realism (Part 3) - A Moral Realist's Reply to Mackie

On The Very Idea - A Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 21:56

In this final epiosode of a three part series, I examine and critique J.L. Mackie's criticisms against moral realism that he lays out in his error theory. Mackie holds that since morality is derived from culture and culture is diverse across humanity, then we should see that there could not be any universal moral facts which humanity could know. This argument from cultural relativism is weakened if we look at Michael Walzer's division of thick and thin senses of morality. Humanity could be seen as sharing a thin sense of morality if construed generally enough which allows each culture's society and social interactions to be functional. Likewise, there seems to be evidence that many humans share some sort of universal moral framework in their preference for certain goods. I use the goods of rights and security offered by (many) liberal social democratic frameworks as an example. Also given the need of certain moral standards to exist for human social interaction to occur at all, I argue that facts about morality don't need to seem peculiar or strange as facts at all - at least no more than facts of logic or mathematics. I ramble alot here but hopefully something comes of it.

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Moral Realism (Part 2) J.L. Mackie's Error Theory

On The Very Idea - A Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 17:48

In this second instalment of a three part series focusing on moral realism, I look at J.L. Mackie' s error theory. Mackie argues against the idea that moral facts supporting a moral realist framework could exist on the grounds that morality differs widely across cultures and that moral facts, if they were to exist, would be very strange things indeed. I try to draw out some of the details of his arguments. I also look at the Frege-Geach problem which is the idea that sentences that express moral judgments can form part of semantically complex sentences in a way that an expressivist cannot easily explain. And, I ponder a bit about why philosophers tend to go by their initials. And, I engage in the usual light jabbering and throw in some trivia.

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Moral Realism (Part 1) Are There Moral Facts?

On The Very Idea - A Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 17:20

In this first instalment of a three part series focusing on Australian philosopher J.L. Mackie's error theory regarding morality, I look at the view that error theory attacks - moral realism. Moral realists hold that moral facts indeed exist and that they can make moral statements true. We all know what an empirical fact might look like - the sentence 'it is raining' is supported by the empirical fact that when we look outside, it is, in fact, raining. But, what would a moral fact look like? Could there be such a thing? In this episode, I try to trace out an outline of a moral realist position and see which well known moral theories (Kantianism and Utilitarianism) fall under it. I ramble a lot in this one but hopefully something or other comes to light.

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#404 Hanno Sauer: Ethics, Moral Realism, Moral Progress, and Human Rationality

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 122:46

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Hanno Sauer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University. His main research interests are in moral psychology and empirically informed metaethics. He is interested in whether and how we can bring empirical data from diverse disciplines such as social psychology, neuroscience or cognitive science to bear on questions of normative and/or metaethical interests, and what the limits of this approach are. In this episode, we tackle lots of approaches, challenges and arguments in (meta)ethics. We basically go through some of the biggest questions that ethics and moral philosophy try to answer. We deal with the relationship between science and ethics, and the is-ought gap. We discuss intuitionism, moral realism, evolutionary psychology and moral relativism, and moral nihilism. We address the recent literature on human rationality. We talk about the anti-rationalist and the emotionist challenge. We touch on Moral Foundations Theory, and the implications it might have for ethics and moral philosophy. We get into the argument from agreement and the argument from disagreement, and the challenges they pose to moral realism. We also talk about the educated intuitions account of morality. Finally, we discuss if moral progress really exists. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, OMARI HICKSON, PHYLICIA STEVENS, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JOÃO ALVES DA SILVA, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, IDAN SOLON, ROMAIN ROCH, DMITRY GRIGORYEV, AND DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, MATTHEW LAVENDER, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, AND NIRUBAN BALACHANDRAN! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, AND JAMES PRATT!

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0G117: Avatar and Moral Realism, Part 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 44:19

Beware the ethics benders my child. The most advanced among them can make even cold blooded murder ethical. We're covering Avatar and combining it with another round of our endless series of debates over metaethics. Highly recommend listening to this interview with Schafer Landau first. Mindscape: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/07/27/107-russ-shafer-landau-on-the-reality-of-morality/ 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 had a wonderful time with This Film is Lit talking about the epic A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. Stick around for me trying to keep it together through reading the afterword. https://thisfilmislit.podiant.co/e/a-scanner-darkly-feat-aaron-rabinowitz-388b34bda8a870/ CONTENT PREVIEW: Listener Qs 15

Philosophy Friday: Dr. Peter Koch on Moral Relativism vs Moral Realism, Meta-Ethics, and Self-Worth

The Pat Flynn Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 62:01

Dr. Peter Koch, assistant professor at Villanova University, returns to The Pat Flynn Show for another ethics-themed episode, exploring the topics of moral relativism vs moral realism, slippery slope cultural issues, and whether people have value regardless of their self-estimation. ... Related Episodes https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/dr-brian-besong-on-traditional-natural-law-trolley-problems-and-president-trump/ The Pat Flynn Show If you enjoyed this episode, it would mean the world to me if you could subscribe to, and leave a review for, The Pat Flynn show on iTunes HERE or Stitcher HERE. Reading your reviews and hearing your feedback is what keeps me fired up to make The Pat Flynn Show happen. Thank you!

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“Moral Realism“ - Ben Dupre (S1, E4) - Philosophy Speaks Podcast

Philosophy Speaks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 7:17

The Philosophy Speaks Podcast - Season 1, Episode 4 What is moral realism? In this episode we cover Chapter 4 from the book "50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Ethics" by Ben Dupre. We will cover what it means when someone talks about moral realism and explore the views from other philosophers. If you are interested in the potential content, please follow us on Instagram, @Philosophy.Speaks, as we provide updates on whenever new episodes are uploaded! Thank you!

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Moral Realism - Prof. Russ Shafer Landau

Digital Gnosis

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 43:47

Is there something about the world which makes our actions good or bad? Moral realism is the position that moral propositions can be true or false and that morality is a feature of the world rather than (say) just the way we subjectively feel. In this episode I talk to Prof. Russ Shafer Landau, the founder and editor of the periodical Oxford Studies in Metaethics, about what reasons there might be for being a moral realist.

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Podcast episode 037: Moral realism in a relativistic age

Centre for Christian Living podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 40:37

The onslaught of progressive ideology in Western culture has left many of us Christians cowering in the corner. Despite holding to God’s views on morality, we feel increasingly timid about speaking about biblical morality in the public sphere. We often find ourselves in the minority in political debates and academic dialogue. We may even question whether speaking about morality is actually important. Surely each person is entitled to their own view of morality; who are we to tell someone who doesn’t believe in God that they are wrong because he says so? Can we as Christians be certain about what is right and wrong? And is what we believe anyone else’s business? In this episode, our new Director and host, Chase Kuhn, sits down with our former Director and host, Tony Payne, to chat about the difference between moral realism and moral relativism, the problem with moral relativism, and the issues moral relativism raises for Christians in our day and age. For a full transcript and show notes, visit https://ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/podcast-episode-037/

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Debating Moral Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

OLD MoLtv: Sophia

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020

Spencer describes being quarantined in Wuhan, China ... What is "moral realism"? ... Can you be a moral realist and a moral subjectivist at the same time? ... Revisiting Plato's Ring of Gyges ... Dan: There's no evidence of morality beyond performances ... The trouble with giving advice ... "All things considered," what ought you to do? ... What we lost in the Scientific Revolution ...

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Debating Moral Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 125:34

Spencer describes being quarantined in Wuhan, China ... What is "moral realism"? ... Can you be a moral realist and a moral subjectivist at the same time? ... Revisiting Plato's Ring of Gyges ... Dan: There's no evidence of morality beyond performances ... The trouble with giving advice ... "All things considered," what ought you to do? ... What we lost in the Scientific Revolution ...

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Debating Moral Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

Meaningoflife.tv

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 125:34

Spencer describes being quarantined in Wuhan, China ... What is "moral realism"? ... Can you be a moral realist and a moral subjectivist at the same time? ... Revisiting Plato's Ring of Gyges ... Dan: There's no evidence of morality beyond performances ... The trouble with giving advice ... "All things considered," what ought you to do? ... What we lost in the Scientific Revolution ...

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Debating Moral Realism (Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case)

MeaningofLife.tv: Sophia

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 60:00

Spencer describes being quarantined in Wuhan, China ... What is "moral realism"? ... Can you be a moral realist and a moral subjectivist at the same time? ... Revisiting Plato's Ring of Gyges ... Dan: There's no evidence of morality beyond performances ... The trouble with giving advice ... "All things considered," what ought you to do? ... What we lost in the Scientific Revolution ...

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#277 Aaron Rabinowitz: Moral Realism, and Objective Morality

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 85:57

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Anchor (podcast): https://anchor.fm/thedissenter Aaron Rabinowitz is an Adjunct Professor (PTL) in the Rutgers Philosophy department and the Rutgers Honors College. He specializes in ethics, metaethics, and AI. His work focuses on developing a secular moral realism that is compatible with the problem of moral luck. He also hosts two philosophy podcasts: Philosophers in Space and Embrace the Void. The goal of both shows is to make philosophy accessible for everyone, using science fiction and existential horror. In this episode, we discuss metaethics, and moral realism. We first go through the definitions of moral realism and objective morality. Then we get into several different issues, like our conflicting moral intuitions, moral foundations, and the limitations of our evolved morality. We also talk about moral nihilism, and moral relativism. We discuss the differences between knowledge produced by science and moral truths (and value judgments). In the latter part of the conversation, we discuss to what extent moral axioms also apply to people's decisions about their own wellbeing; the fact that we don't have direct access to other people's minds and its moral implications, when it comes to paternalism; and also to what extent we should care about how we treat other animals and, in the future, advanced AI systems. -- Follow Aaron's work: Philosophers in Space (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2N8zmDA Embrace the Void: http://bit.ly/35YAdQ4 Philosophers in Space (facebook group): http://bit.ly/32DBie1 Philosophers in Space (Twitter handle): @0gPhilosophy Embrace the Void (Twitter handle): @ETVPod -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORDE, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, YEVHEN BODRENKO, SERGIU CODREANU, ADAM BJERRE, AIRES ALMEIDA, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, VEGA GIDEY, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, AND JOHN CONNORS! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, ROSEY, AND JIM FRANK, AND ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MICHAL RUSIECKI!

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0G87: Blindsight and Moral Realism, Part 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 48:04

Another journey of epic proportions bringing us to a topic of epic proportions. Lurking in the back of Blindsight's narrative like a zombie space vampire robot are fundamental questions about who counts for moral consideration and whether morality even matters when dealing with beings like Rorschach. I feel like we're really getting to the heart of how screwed we are trying to answer these questions. Moral Realism primer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_realism The moral significance of non-persons: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30301713?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents 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: Nothing recent. Just floating out here in space ready and willing to throw off some mind spores. CONTENT PREVIEW: Star Wars: A New Hope and Just War Theory

0G86: Blindsight and the Value of Sentience, Part 2

The Moral Science Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 52:05

Well, we're really in the philosophical soup of it now. Out here at the edge of the universe, doing B&Es on a Chinese Room filled with scramblers, not knowing if our sentience is the only thing worth saving our a sad joke that should be shuffled offstage in the gentlest way possible. Or maybe it already has been and we're too zombie to even notice. We're into the middle section of Blindsight, which does not get enough credit as a master work of science fiction philosophy in my opinion. We've moved from discussion of the possibility of philosophical zombies to discussion of the value of sentience/phenomenal experience. We wrestle with the limitations of several accounts of the value of consciousness. This sets us up for discussing the connections between sentience and moral realism in part 3, assuming our sentience lasts that long. The Function of Consciousness: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness/#FunQueWhyDoeConExi 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: Thomas was just on Cog Dis talking trash about me. You should go listen and then talk trash about everyone involved to defend my honor. CONTENT PREVIEW: Blindsight and Moral Realism

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93. Objektívna morálka alebo de gustibus non est disputandum?

Pravidelná dávka

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 18:02

Môže byť morálka objektívna? Teda, sú dôvody na moje morálne konanie nezávislé od toho, čo si o nich myslím alebo či práve po danom rozhodnutí túžim? Alebo platí staré známe: de gustibus non est disputandum—proti chuti žiadny dišputát? Alebo, a do tretice, nič ako morálka vlastne neexistuje a každý si môže, ale dokonca musí robiť, čo chce? Dnes sa pozrieme na prvú z týchto otázok a v budúcej dávke budeme pokračovať s ďalší dvoma----more---- Použitá a odporúčaná literatúra: Geoff Sayre-McCord, „Moral Realism“, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2017), https://stanford.io/35OHEcm Shin Kim, „Moral Realism“, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://bit.ly/2N1RmjdPiers Benn, „The objectivity of morality“, Ethics (Routledge: London, 2007) Súvisiace dávky: PD#02: Aristotelovská etika, https://bit.ly/33NRolePD#04: Kantov morálny systém, https://bit.ly/2NicUcVPD#89: Kant o čistom rozume, https://bit.ly/2VKrQCJ ***Dobré veci potrebujú svoj čas. Pomohla ti táto dávka zamyslieť sa nad niečím zmysluplným? Podpor tvoj obľúbený podcast sumou 1€, 5€ alebo 10€ (trvalý príkaz je topka!) na SK1283605207004206791985. Ďakujeme! Viac info o podpore na pravidelnadavka.sk/#chcem-podporit

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The Case for Moral Realism with Brent Slife

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 65:04

Dr. Brent Slife is an Emeritus professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University and is the Editor-in-chief of the APA’s Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He has been honored with numerous awards for his outstanding research and teaching career and in addition to these many achievements, he’s authored and co-authored 9 books. Today, we discuss his most recent book, co-edited with Stephen Yanchar, titled Hermeneutic Moral Realism: Theory and Practice. Notes: Dr. Slife's book, Hermeneutic Moral Realism in Psychology: Theory and Practice Relationally-oriented girls' boarding school, Greenbrier Academy Svend Brinkmann's book, Psychology as a Moral Science Dr. Slife's Presentation, "Is Social Justice Justified?" Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue & narrative work Charles Taylor's book, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity

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0G53: Zima Blue and Projects of Worth

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 38:22

Welcome to the beginning of our show's blue period. Until I decide otherwise we'll only be doing sci-fi that's blue themed. Waterworld. The Shape of Water. Mr. MeSeeks. Yellow Submarine. Don't worry, there will be some deeper meaning to it all that you'll probably fail to grasp but will pretend you understand at parties. Okay, enough meta, we're doing the Zima Blue episode from the Netflix series Love, Death, and Robots. It's a stand alone episode, which is good for a variety of reasons. We're also going to be discussing Susan Wolf's theory of projects of worth. Hopefully this all feels like a project of worth for everyone involved, and hopefully they're not wrong. Summary of Wolf's Theory: https://reasonandmeaning.com/2015/12/25/susan-wolf-on-meaning-in-life/ Wolf's Paper Happiness and Meaning: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195332803.001.0001/acprof-9780195332803-chapter-9 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 and GW were recently on the Everyone's Agnostic Podcast talking all sorts of voidiness: http://everyonesagnostic.libsyn.com/episode-236-aaron-rabinowitz-and-gw-rodriguez-embrace-the-void-podcast Aaron was on Life After God talking Moral Realism with Ryan Bell: http://www.lifeaftergod.org/071-ryan-becomes-a-moral-realist-a-conversation-with-aaron-rabinowitz/ Aaron is also going to be on a panel at NECSS this summer in NYC discussing mutant ethics. Come do some nerdcore philosophy! CONTENT PREVIEW: It's a surprise! We're working on guest wrangling. If you want to know more you should join the Philosophers in Space facebook group!

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0G51: The Ricklantis Mixup and Artistic Improvement

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 45:43

After a trilogy like this, what is left to be said? All the references have been made. All the Chidi'ing about better and worse art. And lets all be honest, after pouring our hearts into these episodes, we all know the buzz will be 95% about what we're doing next week, so go ahead and scroll on down. You've earned it. Tradition and the Individual talent: https://www.bartleby.com/200/sw4.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 Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Here's Aaron's talk on Moral Realism without God at the Triangle Free Thought Society. If you want to get Aaron to come talk to your local heretic cult, share this around! https://youtu.be/m2zw3ZSSnN4 CONTENT PREVIEW: Infinity Wars! ::spikes the gauntlet of power:: WE'RE DOING THE THING! Let me be clear: I CAN NOT promise that I can keep Thomas on his leash during this exposition zone. Do no Socr@ me about this, you all begged and begged now you get to reap the whirlwind. We're going to be talking about the Tragedy of the Commons as applied to population ethics, and we'll be using a very famous and controversial paper that I highly recommend reading it ahead of time: https://pages.mtu.edu/~asmayer/rural_sustain/governance/Hardin%201968.pdf

0G50: The Ricklantis Mixup and Aesthetic Objectivity