Justine sacco, whose name is probably familiar to many people listenig to us, but i had never heard of her. She was in the habit of tweeding, somewhat off color, tweats on Twitter. And then this thing took off while she was on a flight to south africa. It just raises a suname of hatred against her. Iguess we should just give the details. Got something h like 100 followers on twitterhundred something. But it's clearly she's not some sort of white supremacist who really thinks that whites don't get aids,. or sending up te the obtuseness of, you know, white privilege a in that tweet. This
Sam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to blame and desert? Is Tamler a closet consequentialist? Is Sam a closet pluralist? Why is Dave such a big Wagner fan? Plus, Twitter shaming: what is it good for? Settle in, get comfortable, pour yourself a drink, you’re in for the long haul on this one.
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