Do You Feel the Cost of What You're Doing?

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Ampathy is basically sort of measure of bs. He's a consequentials, except his consequentials. Judgments are recorded in terms of varying degrees of amphathy. I think the world would be better if maryl street went on with her life and didn't commit suicide at the end,. and didn't suffer great as ow happens. But don't you think, though, that there's something too easy about pressing the button? And there's something not virtuous about just sacrificing an entire city, even if it is new york, and just not feeling the cost of that?"

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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