I tend to be sympathetic to the idea that there are objective ethical truths. There was a period in mid-20th century moral philosophy where a lot of philosophers wanted to do something, say something about ethics. I think these problems about how do you actually persuade people and how does our failure to persuade people have for the idea of objective knowledge and objective truth are much broader than ethics. That kind of pluralism doesn't have the same role to play in our thinking about science.
Sam Harris speaks to Kieran Setiya about the relevance of philosophy to living a good life. They discuss the existence of objective moral truths, being happy vs living well, our response to grief, the difference between "telic" and "atelic" activities, the power of reframing, FOMO, bias toward the future, regret, the asymmetry between pain and pleasure, and other topics.
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