

Why Natural Law Theory is FALSE
Amos Wollen joins me to assess Natural Law Theory. We talk about sex, bubblegum, and everything in between.OUTLINE0:00 Intro1:37 Preamble3:26 Classical NLT and Perverted Faculty Argument7:54 Attributivism17:18 Intrinsic teleology and theism29:00 Egoism objection and animal ethics37:04 Reductios42:10 Bubblegum1:03:53 Smoking1:04:18 Pica and purging1:10:28 Bleach and bright lights1:11:13 Lying1:14:22 Intellectual powers and falsity pills1:18:39 Animal ethics (again)1:21:56 New NLT1:29:57 Against gay sex1:33:03 (Appropriate) Pleasure as intrinsically good1:35:07 Pursuing ‘illusions’1:39:28 Disintegration argument1:51:31 Is Marriage a basic good?1:57:04 One body?2:06:34 Reductios2:13:22 Final remarks2:18:51 OutroRESOURCES(1) Amos' PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amos-wollen(2) Amos' substack, "Going Awoll": https://wollenblog.substack.com/(3) Amos' YouTube channel: @going_awoll (4) Discussion on NLT and sexuality between Dustin Crummett and Brian Besong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPen831EkYg&pp=ygUfYnJpYW4gYmVzb25nIHZzIGR1c3RpbiBjcnVtbWV0dA%3D%3D(5) Amos' first discussion with Brian Besong on NLT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oltLyImVkd0(6) Amos' second discussion with Brian Besong on NLT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Frt7U50Y4(7) My first discussion with Brian Besong on NLT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MaWJFzuwM(8) My second discussion with Brian Besong on NLT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC-34AJqO_A(9) Applied Ethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb