Are Moral Intuitions a Good Idea?

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I think that whether you you could just drop the category of morality and just say, oke, morals don't exist. I'm a moral nihilist, right? There's no good and evil. There's no, you know, i'll drop all those ca boyes. We still have this navigation problem. There are states of ness that are available, whether we know they exist or not. And the question is, how can most of us get to the best places most reliably and avoid the worst possible misery for everyone?"

Sam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to blame and desert? Is Tamler a closet consequentialist? Is Sam a closet pluralist? Why is Dave such a big Wagner fan? Plus, Twitter shaming: what is it good for? Settle in, get comfortable, pour yourself a drink, you’re in for the long haul on this one.

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