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Majesty of Reason
A podcast that explains, analyzes, and evaluates philosophical issues. Buckle up for philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of time.
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Aug 30, 2025 • 1h 23min
The Mind-Body Problem SOLVED?
Dr. Josh Rasmussen joins me to discuss the interaction problem, the causal exclusion problem, and the pairing problem. Your existence might be on the line.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro2:07 Problems of mental causation4:28 Interaction problem24:19 Causal exclusion problem1:05:09 Pairing problem1:13:43 Decombination problem1:20:38 Final commentsRESOURCES(1) Josh's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joshua-rasmussen(2) Josh's YouTube channel: @WorldviewDesignChannel (3) Josh's co-authored paper, "No Pairing Problem": https://andrewmbailey.com/PairingForthcoming.pdf(4) Josh's book, "Who Are You Really?": https://www.ivpress.com/who-are-you-really(5) One self view resources: (a) https://nautil.us/is-everyone-the-same-person-1193378/ (b) https://philarchive.org/rec/ZUBOST(6) Philosophy of mind playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaqPW8ZSTTi1u2oKkRfN1ynTHE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Aug 30, 2025 • 1h 48min
Why physicalism is FALSE
Here I interview Brian Cutter in person to talk about arguments against physicalism. Do they work?Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro0:15 Physicalism3:10 Non-physicalism5:50 Many-subjects argument30:20 Sensory awareness arguments36:31 Conceivability arguments51:48 Inconceivability argument56:58 Knowledge argument1:08:07 Explanatory gap arguments1:12:51 Arguments from personal identity1:20:07 Mereological nihilism argument1:28:38 Just too different!1:32:07 Other arguments1:33:06 The best argument against dualism?1:46:17 ConclusionRESOURCES(1) Cutter, "The Many-Subjects Argument against Physicalism", https://philpapers.org/rec/CUTTMA-5(2) Cutter, "Three Roads from Sensory Awareness to Dualism", https://philpapers.org/rec/CUTTRF(3) Cutter, "The Inconceivability Argument", https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2268/(4) Cutter, "The modal argument improved", https://philpapers.org/rec/CUTTMA-4(5) Cutter & Crummett, "Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism", https://philarchive.org/archive/CUTPHA(6) My other live interview with Brian Cutter: https://youtu.be/1oEp_UVCm8M?si=oE-mED-EiO-jtBrd(7) Cutter's PhilPeople profile with his papers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/brian-cutter(8) Bailey and Rasmussen, "A new puppet puzzle", https://andrewmbailey.com/PuppetPuzzle.pdf(9) Rasmussen, "Building Thoughts From Dust: A Cantorian Puzzle", https://joshualrasmussen.com/articles/building-thoughts-from-dust.pdf(10) Rasmussen and Bailey, "How to Build a Thought", https://andrewmbailey.com/HowToBuild.pdf(11) Rasmussen's popular explanation of the counting argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7ynh8w-tU(12) Blackwell Companion to Substance Dualism (2018): https://www.amazon.com/Blackwell-Companion-Substance-Companions-Philosophy/dp/1119375266(13) The Waning of Materialism (2010): https://academic.oup.com/book/12724(14) Chalmers, "The Conscious Mind", https://personal.lse.ac.uk/ROBERT49/teaching/ph103/pdf/Chalmers_The_Conscious_Mind.pdf(15) Searle, "Mind: A Brief Introduction", https://coehuman.uodiyala.edu.iq/uploads/Coehuman%20library%20pdf/English%20library%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A/linguistics/SEARLE,%20John%20-%20Mind%20A%20Brief%20Introduction.pdf(16) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 27min
Does evolution DEBUNK morality?
Today Dr. Dan Korman and Noah McKay join me to discuss evolutionary debunking arguments. Can our moral beliefs survive skeptical threats?Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro1:40 Debunking arguments6:22 Three kinds of debunking arguments14:43 Telic debunking argument22:05 Explanationist pushback38:51 Swampman pushback59:51 New function pushback1:16:45 Dan’s favored approach1:25:01 Concluding thoughtsRESOURCES(1) Dan’s website (with his papers): https://danielzkorman.weebly.com/(2) Noah’s website (with his papers): https://noahdmckay.wordpress.com/(3) Dan’s paper, "Debunking Arguments", https://philarchive.org/archive/KORDA-2(4) Dan’s paper, “An explanationist Account of Genealogical Defeat“, https://philpapers.org/rec/KORAEA-4(5) Noah’s paper, “Can Rational Reflection Save Moral Knowledge from Debunking?”, https://philpapers.org/rec/MCKCRR(6) Noah’s paper, “Moral knowledge and the existence of God”, https://philpapers.org/rec/MCKMKA(7) My Metaethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy(8) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 54min
Professional ethicist REBUTS Catholic apologist on sexual ethics
Trent Horn ( @TheCounselofTrent ) recently made a video defending very conservative views on sexual ethics. Dr. Dustin Crummett joins me to respond.OUTLINE0:00 Intro1:30 Trent’s video2:23 Disgust and morality4:52 Consent6:26 Natural law theory7:59 Perverted faculty argument13:53 Skepticism about Aristotelian teleology14:51 Natural teleology doesn’t deliver their judgments15:54 Morality isn’t about natural teleology16:32 Counterexamples21:04 Wrong source of normative reasons23:32 Another counterexample?29:57 Alternative accounts of function31:54 Dustin’s sexual ethics42:54 The moral significance of sex47:39 Homosexuality was crazy!51:18 Dendrophilia and Necrophilia54:36 Moral disgust?58:01 Contempt for people who misuse sex1:01:13 Sexual exclusivity and monogamy1:07:01 Monogamy and natural law theory1:12:02 Sex and friendship1:16:29 Monogamy again1:20:12 Infertility and impotence1:34:32 The right to be conceived through sex?1:40:51 Trent’s summary1:50:16 ConclusionRESOURCES(1) Dustin’s website (with links to his papers): https://dustincrummett.com/(2) Dustin's YouTube channel: @dustin.crummett (3) The discussion on natural law theory and sexuality between Dustin and Brian Besong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPen831EkYg&pp=ygUfYnJpYW4gYmVzb25nIHZzIGR1c3RpbiBjcnVtbWV0dA%3D%3D(4) Responses to Trent Horn playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUBJZkQ5kYe9i2bUqjtQYV(5) Applied Ethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb(6) Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age: Is There Still a Virtue of Chastity?: https://www.routledge.com/Sexual-Ethics-in-a-Secular-Age-Is-There-Still-a-Virtue-of-Chastity/Silverman/p/book/9780367522773(7) The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics: https://www.amazon.com/The-Palgrave-Handbook-of-Sexual-Ethics/dp/303087785X(8) John Corvino's book, "What's Wrong with Homosexuality?": https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Homosexuality-Philosophy-Action-ebook/dp/B00AWOTA7S/(9) Corvino and Gallagher, "Debating Same-Sex Marriage": https://www.amazon.com/Debating-Same-Sex-Marriage-Point-Counterpoint-ebook/dp/B007ZQBO0W/(10) Corvino's YouTube channel: @johncorvino (11) Corvino's PhilPeople profile (with links to his papers on the ethics of homosexuality): https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-corvino

Feb 27, 2025 • 2h 47min
The ULTIMATE Guide to the Problem of Evil
Today Dr. Justin Mooney gives a comprehensive survey of the problem of evil.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro2:50 Presentation begins3:52 What is the problem of evil?10:09 Main topics in the literature12:00 Kinds of inference13:07 Logical arguments from evil22:36 Evidential arguments from evil35:47 Kinds of evil54:18 Other arguments from evil1:03:44 Theodicies and defenses1:06:50 Conditions for a successful theodicy1:14:44 Free will theodicies1:33:26 Soul-making theodicies1:39:46 Karma and rebirth theodicies1:49:27 Global value theodicies1:53:27 Other theodicies1:59:15 Epistemic defenses1:59:57 Skeptical theism2:11:56 The anomaly defense2:19:41 Appealing to counter-evidence2:26:59 Meta-Theodicy2:27:26 Constraints on successful theodicy2:35:40 Gratuitous evil compatible with theism?2:38:37 Sufferer-centered theodicies2:41:05 Other topics in meta-theodicy2:43:07 Recommended resources2:44:54 Concluding remarksRESOURCES(1) Justin's website: https://www.justinmooney.net/(2) Justin's 120-page bibliography on the problem of evil: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dprquqrzQxJsmOArxEoBDaMx15T9T--P8dagUqX6kQI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.x1uym8fk8fq3(3) My video with Dr. Perry Hendricks on skeptical theism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDqi5U44f7E(4) Poston, "Social evil": http://tedposton.org/Documents/Socialevil.pdf(5) Crummett, “The problem of evil and the suffering of creeping things": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11153-017-9619-0(6) My Problem of Evil playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY98E3QMwBvHcYqWtIhizko(7) Jordan's ( @TheAnalyticChristian ) Problem of Evil playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVH-ThCazKk0YOU-K-AWIphUjToiBBC6(8) Other versions of the problem of evil (and links to papers) can be found in Dr. Felipe Leon's list of 200 (or so) arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html(9) VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: The unspeakable atrocities of unit 731: https://youtu.be/xLcNvGaSvCo?si=BNWdz0VXLcNd4TGL(10) VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: The horrors inflicted on Junko Furuta: https://youtu.be/YGSN2MTmzDQ?si=xi_2NObfCkYNOkCk(11) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Feb 27, 2025 • 35min
The best argument for atheism you've NEVER heard
Here I explain Paul Draper's decisive evidence argument for atheism. Does it succeed?Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro2:35 Decisive Evidence Argument4:13 The syllogism7:23 Why accept the premises?7:38 First premise8:21 Second premise10:54 Third premise20:33 Responses20:56 Contra premise (1)25:35 Contra premise (2)26:59 Contra premise (3)28:58 Conclusion30:32 Bonus soccerRESOURCES(1) Draper's SEP entry, "Atheism and Agnosticism": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/(2) My 12-hour long video responding to 150+ theistic arguments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4&pp=ygUfbWFqZXN0eSBvZiByZWFzb24gMTAwIGFyZ3VtZW50cw%3D%3D(3) Over 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html(4) My Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t(5) My Bonus Soccer playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkb7WN8KlASj2P9ewLpXGeML(6) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 11min
Debunking Arguments
What are debunking arguments? How are they defended? And how are they attacked? Does the evolutionary debunking argument against moral realism work? Here I explore these questions and more.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro2:00 Debunking arguments3:05 Varieties of debunking arguments11:22 Structure of debunking arguments17:49 Explanatory premise19:30 Epistemic premise21:01 Categories of response23:35 Explanationist responses24:57 Alethic28:29 Doxastic29:42 Minimalist responses31:37 Indirect defense33:56 Unstable minimalism35:35 Stable minimalism39:33 Third factor response44:03 Plenitudinist response46:00 Direct defense55:55 Overgeneralization responses58:32 Moorean responses1:02:49 Summary1:04:17 Flowchart1:09:29 ConclusionRESOURCES(1) Korman (2019), "Debunking Arguments", https://philarchive.org/archive/KORDA-2(2) Dan Korman's other papers on debunking arguments can be found here: https://danielzkorman.weebly.com/papers-and-books.html(2) Wielenberg (2016), "Ethics and Evolutionary Theory", https://philpapers.org/rec/WIEEAE-4(3) My Metaethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy(4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 19min
Why Cameron Bertuzzi MUST take atheism seriously
Here I respond to a recent video by @CapturingChristianity . I explain why you should probably still take atheism seriously, and I also explore problems for limited god hypotheses.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro0:27 Cameron’s video11:53 Four main responses12:37 Response #1: Arguments for global atheism16:12 Response #2: Problems for a limited god16:56 Imprecision17:47 Arbitrariness20:00 Probabilistic tension23:13 Evidential dilemma38:29 Deontological problem of evil39:34 Ad hoc, likelihood ratio rigging, and unfalsifiability42:02 Response #3: Atheistic arguments disconfirm theism49:43 The Joy of Bayesianism59:21 Twitter interaction1:04:48 Response #4: The same problem applies to theism1:11:09 Parody1:17:05 TakeawaysRESOURCES(1) The video to which I’m responding: https://youtu.be/oj6eCF63DAw?si=1UaTNK28TIV5JBRg(2) Oppy, “The Best Argument Against God”: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Argument-against-Palgrave-Pivot/dp/1137354135(3) Oppy and Pearce, “Is There A God?”: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946(4) Schmid, “Naturalism, Classical Theism, and First Causes”: https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHNCT-4(5) Felipe Leon’s post collecting over 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html(6) Draper’s SEP entry “Atheism and Agnosticism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/(7) My response to Cameron’s video on 150+ arguments for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4(8) Aikin, “The Problem of Worship”: https://www.academia.edu/7062247/The_Problem_of_Worship(9) John Buck clip is from @EmersonGreen 's here: https://www.youtube.com/live/mlMBzYTGuW4?si=IaPzPihfOuhOZ9qN(10) My response to @TheCounselofTrent on the problem of evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctHQlYbl6E(11) My Bayes’ Theorem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1MdtyLL3Uw&pp=ygUfbWFqZXN0eSBvZiByZWFzb24gYmF5ZXMgdGhlb3JlbQ%3D%3D(12) Steinhart, “Six Axiarchic Arguments”: https://ericsteinhart.com/articles/axiarchicargs.pdf(13) Nagel, “Mind and Cosmos”: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Cosmos-Materialist-Neo-Darwinian-Conception/dp/0199919755(14) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR(15) My Contingency Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1(16) My Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g(17) My Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t(18) My co-authored SEP entry “Ontological Arguments”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/(19) My Springer book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2(20) My website: https://josephschmid.com

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 27min
William Lane Craig responds to me (and makes even more mistakes)
William Lane Craig responded to my video with Dr. Daniel Linford and Phil Halper on what Craig gets wrong about science and the beginning of the universe. Here, we respond in turn.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Introduction1:42 Craig’s response2:39 Thermodynamics and entropy7:53 Philosophical case9:03 Craig’s approach12:38 Hartle-Hawking model17:57 No viable beginningless models?18:44 Craig and Sinclair’s argument26:06 Singularity and BGV theorems34:05 Beginningless models (again)46:16 Mischaracterizing science48:11 BGV Theorem (again)51:01 Timeless physical things1:08:03 Craig misunderstands Joe1:12:33 Joe’s VICIOUS ad hominem ATTACK1:14:33 Craig misuses Vilenkin’s quote1:17:11 Misusing science1:21:30 Concluding commentsRESOURCES(1) The podcast to which we're responding ( @ReasonableFaithOrg ): https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/does-william-lane-craig-misuse-science(2) Our previous response to Craig: https://youtu.be/7CiOudgSdeE?si=qBdm3IrulDrfKx61(3) Dan and I respond to the scientific case and stage two: https://youtu.be/35tICdYtHsQ?si=oQ-LfJuWjSo6mWYb(4) Dan's dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: https://philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15(5) Phil’s book, “Battle of the Big Bang”: (a) https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo244963115.html (b) https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Big-Bang-Cosmic-Origins/dp/0226830470(6) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR(7) My responses to the Grim Reaper Kalam: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/responses-to-the-grim-reaper-kalam/(8) Linford, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2(9) Linford, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3(10) Linford, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188/1/FORTHCOMING_Big_Bang_or_Double_Bounce_Erk_Sub.pdf(11) Linford, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833/1/Online_Final_BJPS_Kalam_Mentaculus_Submission.pdf(12) Halper, "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence": https://philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC (13) My Springer book with Dan: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2(14) My website: https://josephschmid.com

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 14min
Answering a DOZEN objections to effective altruism
What is effective altruism? What motivates it? And what about the many objections to effective altruism? JD Bauman and Matthew Adelstein join me to talk about these topics and more.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro1:16 What is effective altruism?4:04 Motivating effective altruism9:25 Utilitarianism objection15:57 Incommensurability objection23:44 Demandingness objection29:10 Earn-to-give objection33:26 Individualism, institutional critique, and capitalism39:28 Too longtermist47:50 Triviality objection50:10 Sociological criticisms at the margins56:15 Epistemic objection1:00:08 Timmerman’s dilemma1:10:08 Incompatible with Christianity1:11:38 ConclusionRESOURCES(1) GiveWell (for a well-researched list of effective charities): https://www.givewell.org/(2) Christians for Impact (JD's organization): https://bit.ly/3Ca1sLT(3) 80,000 hours website: https://80000hours.org/(4) EA for Christians: https://www.eaforchristians.org/(5) One For the World (1% pledge): https://1fortheworld.org/(6) Giving What We Can (10% pledge): https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/(7) Matthew's YouTube channel: @deliberationunderidealcond5105 (8) Matthew's substack: https://benthams.substack.com/(9) JD's YouTube channel: @eaforchristians460 (10) My video with Dr. Travis Timmerman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mySfT7wMVRo(11) The MacAskill & Pummer article I mentioned: https://philpapers.org/rec/PUMEA(12) My Applied Ethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb(13) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid