223. Paul Bloom on the pleasures of suffering and the meaning of life
The Michael Shermer Show
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Are We Just Putting Ourself in Someone's Shoes?
We just happen to think slavery is bad now. But you know, who knows, maybe in another century we'll all think it's a great idea again and we'll bring it back. For a reason that we've gotten better at mind reading and then putting ourselves in other people's shoes. I'm also a moral realist. I think the claim that slavery is wrong is not like a claim like, well, plad is in these tans, you know, our something ar you. It's souns, a thin which could ebb and flow. It's not a matter of opinionhe and i think the wrongness of slavery is a discovery that people have made.
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