The Importance of Moral Evaluation

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Even harm based justifications bottom out in terms of reasons at some point, right? I mean, if the only point you're making is- Well, not in my opinion. But that doesn't mean you can't- Bible says no. Yeah. There's a difference. Like, the stopping point has to be a place in which I think is a fruitful point. We don't care about whether somebody puts his penis instead of a goat or something. That's like saying it's rape is okay because there are candidates. It's not defending cannibalism. He's simply pointing out the fact that we don't even get disturbed by these other types of questions in the way that we get

Psychologist and author Jesse Bering joins us to talk about evolutionary psychology and his forthcoming book Perv. In the relatively uncontroversial part of the episode, we ask if homophobia is an adaptation and if women have evolved rape defenses. After that, sex with animals, sex with bookshelves, foot fetishes, amputee fetishes, falling down the stairs fetishes... I don't know, just listen. Or maybe don't.

Jesse Bering [jessebering.com]

Perv (pre-order) by Jesse Bering [amazon.com]

"Darwin's Rape Whistle," by Jesse Bering [slate.com]

"Natural Homophobes?" by Jesse Bering [scientificamerican.com]

The Belief Instinct by Jesse Bering [amazon.com]

Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? by Jesse Bering [amazon.com]

"I think you're some kind of deviated prevert." [youtube.com]

Special Guest: Jesse Bering.

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