I'm a Bad Jew When It Comes to Making Money

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Wizard: Maybe we should have William McCaskal on. He was the person that, as I was reading the end of this essay, I thought, wait a minute, but what about that? You know, like, because he because his life story, it's not like George exactly, but it's a little like George. If you consider working for Wall Street to be like working in the chemical and biological weapons,. Actually, I wonder if that matters. That's a good question. We should ask him. Fortunately, I'm off the hook because I could not have succeeded in the financial industry. So talking about it's in your blood. All right. Next time we have

David and Tamler take a break from complaining about psychological studies that measure utilitarianism to complain about the moral theory itself. We talk about one of the most famous critiques of utilitarian theories from Bernard Williams. Does utilitarianism annihilate our integrity--our unity--as people? Would trying to maximize well-being fracture our identities, and swallow up our projects, motivations, and moral convictions--the same convictions that make utilitarianism seem appealing in the first place? Is it ultimately self-defeating as a moral theory?

Plus, we talk about the adventures of Tamler's based step-mom Christina Hoff Sommers' at Lewis and Clark law school. Will David stay woke?

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