How Would You Feel if I Shot You in the Head?

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I'm mostly worried about the being dead, and i soon a, they wo want to settle that question. It's not dous to identify myself with my brain and this brain. The other thing i say is, you could simply reconstitute someone right next t youk,. so i make a tamler, and i put that tamler b tamler prime, right next to you, and i have a gun. And i say, all right, tamler, you original tamler, cause i put a little red mark on your forehead. I would you prefer that i shoot you or that guy? Well, i am annswering what motions you're making. Casst

Can a fully determined creature deliberate? How big a role does conscious reasoning play in moral judgment and everyday life? Are we responsible for our thoughts and actions? Paul Bloom rejoins us against his better judgment to discuss his book "Just Babies" and his recent article in The Atlantic that set the internet on the fire and riled up the likes of Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne. Plus, what's the difference (if any) between getting into a Star Trek transporter and getting an axe to the head, and why does David know so much about boy bands?

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