The Dissenter #145 Filipe Nobre Faria: Evolutionary Theory, Philosophy, Politics, Ethics, and Market Liberalism
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Dr. Filipe Nobre Faria currently works as a post-doctoral researcher in ethics and political philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy of the Nova University of Lisbon (IFILNOVA). Furthermore, he lectures on subjects of his expertise at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences/Nova. Previously, he earned his PhD in Political Theory (2016) from King’s College London and his master degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (2011) from the University of East Anglia. He also taught within the areas of political theory and political economy at King’s College London. His main research interest lies in applying the insights of the behavioural and evolutionary sciences to issues in social and political philosophy.
In this episode, we talk about the relationship between evolutionary theory, philosophy, ethics and politics. We refer to the role of philosophy in a scientific world; the importance of selfishness and altruism in moral philosophy; evolutionary processes like kin selection, reciprocal altruism and group selection; how our moral values are influences by our personality and other innate proclivities; what is mora important for societies; the is-ought dichotomy, and if the naturalistic fallacy really exists; and also about the work of Friedrich Hayek, Karl Polanyi, and the positive aspects and limitations of market liberal morality, both at the individual and collective levels.
Time Links:
01:32 How to apply evolutionary theory to philosophy, ethics and politics
08:11 Philosophy in a scientific world
15:16 Selfishness and altruism in ethics and morality
20:14 Kin selection, reciprocal altruism, and group selection
31:02 Does it really matter if we behave well, but for selfish reasons?
35:06 Personality and preferences in morality
38:51 If we have to choose, what is more important in a society? Stability, or humanism?
45:09 The is-ought dichotomy, and the naturalistic fallacy
49:33 Is there really a naturalistic fallacy?
53:44 Philosophy, innateness, and political correctness
57:38 Friedrich Hayek, Karl Polanyi, and the evolutionary bases of market liberal morality
1:18:43 Biological and moral arguments for markets and liberalism (including group identity, selfishness, birth rates, and so on)
1:32:51 Follow Dr. Nobre Faria’s work!
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