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Explore "moral progress" with insightful episodes like "#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?", "Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress", "#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk", "Ep. 351 - Thousands of Biologists Deliver Devastating Blow To Pro-Abortion Side" and "The TED Interview" from podcasts like ""Modern Wisdom", "Dwarkesh Podcast", "Modern Wisdom", "The Matt Walsh Show" and "Making Sense with Sam Harris"" and more!

Episodes (6)

#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?

Will MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the Effective Altruism movement. Humans understand that long term thinking is a good idea, that we need to provide a good place for future generations to live. We try to leave the world better than when we arrived for this very reason. But what about the world in one hundred thousand years? Or 8 billion? If there's trillions of human lives still to come, how should that change the way we act right now? Expect to learn why we're living through a particularly crucial time in the history of the future, the dangers of locking in any set of values, how to avoid the future being ruled by a malevolent dictator, whether the world has too many or too few people on it, how likely a global civilisational collapse is, why technological stagnation is a death sentence and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy What We Owe The Future - https://amzn.to/3PDqghm Check out Effective Altruism - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enAugust 13, 2022

Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than sixty academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as eight amazing books.

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Timestamps:

(0:00:00) - Intro

(0:01:07) - The Problem of Political Authority

(0:03:25) - Common sense ethics

(0:09:39) - Stockholm syndrome and the charisma of power

(0:18:14) - Moral progress

(0:26:55) - Growth of libertarian ideas

(0:33:37) - Does anarchy increase violence?

(0:44:37) - Transitioning to anarchy

(0:47:20) - Is Huemer attacking our society?!

(0:51:40) - Huemer's writing process

(0:53:18) - Is it okay to work for the government

(0:56:39) - Burkean argument against anarchy

(1:02:07) - The case for tyranny

(1:11:58) - Underrated/overrated

(1:25:55) - Huemer production function

(1:30:41) - Favorite books

(1:33:04) - Advice for young people

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enMay 28, 2021

#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk

Thomas Moynihan is a historian and an author. Humans may have only had the ability to destroy ourselves for the last hundred years or so, but thinkers have been hypothesising about the potential end of existence for thousands of years. Today Thomas explains the history of how humanity came to realise its potential for extinction. Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Thomas on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nemocentric Buy X-Risk - https://amzn.to/2PzTYKx Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enApril 10, 2021

Ep. 351 - Thousands of Biologists Deliver Devastating Blow To Pro-Abortion Side

Someone interviewed 5,000 mostly pro-abortion liberal biologists about when life begins. Almost all of them confirm that life begins at conception. Also, yesterday was Pronouns Day. Did you celebrate? And climate protestors are turning the entire working class against them. Date: 10-17-2019

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enOctober 17, 2019

The TED Interview

Sam talks to the head of TED, Chris Anderson, about using reason to build our morality. Sam makes the case that reason can indeed answer moral questions, and then explores the many controversies that emerge from that claim. Moral superiority? Cultural superiority? Moral progress? Chris and Sam dig in to discuss the right ways to think about defining right from wrong, and reason’s role in it all.

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enOctober 30, 2018

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StarTalk Live! at Kings Theatre: Science and Morality (Part 2)

Our show from historic Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY concludes with further investigation into the intersection of science and morality. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugene Mirman, skeptic Michael Shermer, Rev. James Martin, SJ, Michael Ian Black, and Whoopi Goldberg. (Adult Language.)
NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/startalk-live-at-kings-theatre-science-and-morality-part-2/
Photo Credit: Elliot Severn.

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en-usApril 13, 2018

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Episodes (6)

#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?

Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress

#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk

Ep. 351 - Thousands of Biologists Deliver Devastating Blow To Pro-Abortion Side

The TED Interview

StarTalk Live! at Kings Theatre: Science and Morality (Part 2)