The Importance of Consequencialism

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"If you have some rule which is just degrading every everything you should otherwise care about, then it would not recommend itself to any sane person or s," he says. "It actually means that, as a consequentialist, you're committed to a very different kind of violation." 'You can make a case for why rules are so important to maintain,' the philosopher adds.

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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