i don't think, like, i'm happy to hear that sam's view is more compassionate than mine. The compassionateness of it sort of is one of the things that pulls me in sam's direction. Of the sceptical position is, i think, a point in its favor. What i diagnose to be the problem is that people thought that sam was on the side of reason and i was on the sides of emotion. But we're both using reason and emotion. So we get down to these, these, these atoms of cognition that we can't really divide. And that's what we're king with. It's just that your appeal to emotion, especially to the case of
Sam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to blame and desert? Is Tamler a closet consequentialist? Is Sam a closet pluralist? Why is Dave such a big Wagner fan? Plus, Twitter shaming: what is it good for? Settle in, get comfortable, pour yourself a drink, you’re in for the long haul on this one.
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