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Ep: 109 ”Objective Morality I: The Principle of Optimism”
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15 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2022
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Description
Morality, like physics, is objective. It is about solving moral problems. In this first part about the nature of objective morality, I discuss "The Principle of Optimism". First stated in "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch in Chapter 9 of that book titled "Optimism" it states that "All evils are caused by insufficient knowledge". These 7 words have the profound effect of linking epistemology and morality and further, providing people with hope that no matter the conundrum (moral problem) then it, like a puzzle in physics, has a solution which we can find if we try.
Released:
Mar 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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