The Importance of Shaming

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Kahan: Part of shaming is that it's not necessary to induce an emotion in anybody at the collective level. Nussbaum may draw the line still further than you or I would, but I'm arguing that I think she would be probably in support of some forms of state shaming punishments. Kahan: The biggest delinquent right now in California is over $12 million in personal income tax. Oh, we should post a link to whatever they're, is there like a public shaming profile page? Well, it's just their name and address.

David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame. What's the difference between shame and guilt? Is shaming effective for generating social progress or getting tax cheats to pay up? Is twitter shaming on the rise or on its way out? And what does David do when he's alone in the dark?

But before all of that, David and Tamler introduce a new way to support the podcast--through our Patreon account (patreon.com/verybadwizards). Plus, we discuss the retraction of a press release announcing that a professor agreed to referee a journal article (!) And can one passage get Tamler, the eternal optimist, to hate philosophy?

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