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The Miraculous Mind (with Paul Bloom)

New Books in Neuroscience

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The Problem With Morality

How could you be morally responsible for something that in the end, it was predestined that you would do it? You have to sort of figure out how much this conscious self you right now is how much to value relative. There's always a complicated decision over how much is supposed to weigh your future self versus your, your present self. It's kind of clear when we see extremely people save for their retirement and that’s nice. But also,your, your presentself has to have some, some value. And some of the things, it's not anything. Some of it is not perverse at all.

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