Self Control

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Stephanie: To some extent, sac our stereotypes andr attitudes towards other groups in other races, are rational. We may want to disavow them, and won't act to stop them, but they're not this crazy, stupid quirk. And if damn reasonable, dave's exam would have been like, if you're at a bar, everyone's putting in for trying to split the bill, and your bill is short, and there's a jew at the tabletno, it's reasonable to assume that it was the jew that didn't put in enough money. A missatanvenant goy foryou to to project yourself hate. That's alwey tayits

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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