Kant's best known moral philosophy is all very abstract. He doesn't really think too much about particular concrete examples. But one of his later works, metaphysics and morals, not to be mistaken with the groundwork for the metaphysics and morality. And you know, sometimes he says some good stuff, but you know, other times it seems way off base and the reasoning seems really bad,.
Special guest Eric Schwitzgebel joins David and Tamler to discuss the moral behavior (or lack thereof) of ethicists. Does moral reflection make us better people, or does it just give us better excuses to be immoral? Who's more right about human nature--Mencius or Xun Zi? What did Kant have against bastards and masturbating? Plus, we talk about jerks, robot cars, and killing baby Hitler. (Godwin's Law within 1:42--might be a new record for us).
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