Episode 77: On the Moral Nature of Nazis, Jerks, and Ethicists (with Eric Schwitzgebel)
Very Bad Wizards
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The Problem With Theorizing in Philosophy
In an essay on moral self-knowledge, Andrew Keen argues that a jerk is someone who fails to appreciate the perspectives of other people around them. "I don't know why I wanted to come up with a theory for jerks," he says. In his view, they treat others as tools to be manipulated or fools rather than moral and epistemic peers.
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