Tred: I love that people have these internalized moral rules about, no ther allows me to fuck everyone over and get the most eventfl ill nobu. But sam, the question is, this is the free rider problem, right? We're going to live in that world no matter what i do. Why should i skim off the top? Tred: My view is that selflessness and self and wise selfishness more or less converge. And even if my enlightened self interest or wise selfishness told me exactly, ad youno, imagine i had a perfect computer algorithm which did a cost benefit analysis for all my actions.
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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