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#155 — Mental Models

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Do We Really Have an Ethical Argument Against the Use of Torture?

If you want to understand whether you can make an ethical argument against the use of torture in all cases, you need the clearest case. Righanseve: The concept of a thought experiment has been stigmatized because it is synonymous with not making contact with the real world. Some people will feel like they need a resort to a holy book revealed by an invisible god in order to get some bedrock where you can stand so as to not eat ies. And so it is engine of interesting and morally rich conversation.

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