Both of us reject libertarian free will I think you know we're all at the end of the day we're all puppets. The only point of disagreement here is whether it's appropriate to merely say that an attitude of blame for the sort of normal wrong door the embezzler can be justified in a consequentialist sense. We are not necessarily coming from a consequentialist calculation right anyone's part but they would be justified by such a calculation so you know like visual illusions right visual illusions make us navigate the world successfully but they are giving us the wrong information often right we can show this experimentally but this does not happen with evil neuroscience cases.
Bestselling author and friend of the podcast Sam Harris joins Tamler and Dave for a marathon podcast. (Seriously, pack two pairs of astronaut diapers for this one). We talk about the costs and benefits of religion, dropping acid in India, and the illusory nature of (a certain kind of) free will. Then we go at it on blame, moral responsibility, hatred, guilt, retribution, and vengeance. Sam thinks these are antiquated responses based on a belief in spooky metaphysics, Tamler thinks they are important components of human morality, and Dave just wants everyone to get along and be reasonable (like that nice Kant fellow).
Time markers (roughly)
0:00-47:00 Intro and costs and benefits of religion
47:00-77:30 Drugs, the self, free will
77:30-- Blame, guilt, vengeance, moral responsibility, desert.
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Special Guest: Sam Harris.
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