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The Allure of the “Natural” (with Alan Levinovitz)

Free Thoughts

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What's the Natural End of Reproduction?

The idea that in the form of things as they exist without human intention, we can find normative claims about how people ought to be is not a good approach. There are all sorts of ways in which humans are naturally that that are fine to dispense with. The best way to get around these objections is to sidestep that as a kind of source of norms and just talk about what's good for people.

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