Moral Maze

The Morality of Empathy

Feb 16, 2017
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Importance of Empathy in Public Policy
01:49 • 2min
3
How Would That Feel if It Happened to You?
03:27 • 2min
4
Is There Something Just Plain Heartless About Leaving Young Kids With No Parents on Their Own?
04:58 • 2min
5
The Good Samaritan
06:44 • 1min
6
I'm Compassionate Because I Smot the Refugee Children
08:13 • 2min
7
The Importance of Empathy in Politics
10:02 • 2min
8
Would You Change Your Position?
11:36 • 1min
9
Is That the Acceptable Price of a Deterrent to Other Children at Risk?
13:05 • 2min
10
Is There a Legitimate Response to the Syrian Crisis?
14:48 • 1min
11
Is There a Pull Factor?
16:16 • 2min
12
I Think Harry's Argument Is Highly Emotional
17:56 • 2min
13
Emotions Can Crowd Out Thought With Emotion
19:37 • 2min
14
Empathy Is a Morality, Not a Politics
21:24 • 2min
15
Is Morality Just a Matter of Motivation?
22:58 • 2min
16
Compassion Is a Competency, Not a Virtue
24:35 • 2min
17
The Challenge of the Modern World Is to Replace Tribal Brotherhood With Global Otherhood
26:46 • 2min
18
Is the Charioteer of Reason the Biggest Problem in the Modern World?
28:37 • 1min
19
Compassion Sympathy
30:05 • 2min
20
Do You Have Degrees of Empathy?
31:41 • 2min
21
Do You Accept That This Is a Moral Argument?
33:24 • 1min
22
Why Is It So Hard to Recognize That There Might Be Truth on Both Sides?
34:52 • 2min
23
Is the Misery of the Children Unaccompanied in Europe an Acceptable Deterrent?
36:46 • 2min
24
Can There Be a Moral Case for Stopping Children From Europe?
38:25 • 2min
25
The Importance of Emotions in Decision Making
40:09 • 3min