There are a lot more vegetarians in America than there used to be. It wouldn't surprise me if empathy is a good part of the solution. Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation caused many people to become vegetarians. I'm not doubting that empathy can be a useful tool to recruit people to a cause which on a whole is right.
Paul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop, we talk about Paul's new book (coming in November) Just Babies: The Origin of Good and Evil , racist babies, and how 80s sitcoms changed the world. In the first segment, Dave and Tamler face the music and try to respond to a listener's criticisms of their episode on slurs and offensiveness (Episode 22) .
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Special Guest: Paul Bloom.
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