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Does Moral Truth Exist? (Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen)

Does Moral Truth Exist? (Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen)

FromThe Wright Show


Does Moral Truth Exist? (Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen)

FromThe Wright Show

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Defining "moral realism" ... Cognitivists vs. noncognitivists ... Are moral beliefs just expressions of human desires? ... Human happiness is better than human suffering...right? ... Considering whether you can be both a Darwinian and a moral realist ... Moral progress, teleology, and mysticism ... Why you "have to take something for granted" in any philosophical system ... The bedrock sources of meaning in life ... If life has meaning, does moral realism logically follow? ...
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.