YERRR – Alex O’Connor joins the boys to break down the wildest moral questions you’ve never wanted to answer. From siblings and animal relationships to split brains and trolley problems, it’s philosophy at its most unhinged.
Deep thoughts, dark hypotheticals, and big laughs.
All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE.
0:00 Who has the most empathy?
4:08 Incest is ok! Empathy is self-serving
9:14 What are ethics? Finding out about ladyboys
16:29 Caring about holes + God needs priests
22:45 Why is bestiality wrong? Rationalising everything
36:15 Trolley problems + Utilitarianism's limits
46:18 Fat man variance
52:39 Plato, history of philosophy + Turbo losers
55:58 Deeper issues & motivations + Too many voting
1:00:35 Changing political systems + Rule utilitarianism
1:05:46 Brexit & feeling of losing cultural identity
1:10:10 Facts to serve feelings + Split brains
1:16:24 Philosophy of mind + What makes you, you?
1:27:19 What makes you happy? Turning it off
1:39:54 Does Alex have a therapist? Deep self-introspection
1:50:41 Dabbling with substances, Realisations & Demons
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