Metascipticism and Moral Relativism

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Whatever happens in Costa Rica stays in Costa Rica, though apparently not because it's actually not a broader form of moral relativism where anything would be okay in another country. Or at least all I was committing myself to was that there are fundamentally different norms and attitudes about what's required for moral responsibility for you to deserve blame, punishment, or reward. So anyway, Eddie just did a post on the blog, which is a kind of, it's a critique slash elaboration of the view. Do you want to describe it? Well, first tell, tell people what you respond from this.

Our streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why people mistakenly think they're not morally responsible, and how his new study casts doubt on Sam Harris's "pamphlet" on free will. Eddy also describes his new project (with Toni Adleberg and Morgan Thompson) on why women leave philosophy. Plus Dave and I discuss some reasons for having children, and eat a little Partially Examined Life crow.

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"Name five women in philosophy. Bet you can't." Tania Lombrozo, [npr.og]

"Do Women Have Different Philosophical Intuitions than Men?" Eddy Nahmias (philosophyofbrains.com)

"Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?' Eddy Nahmias. [nytimes.com]

Eddy on Bypassing [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Edd trashing Tamler's Book [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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