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31 - Thought Lab 3: Utilitarianism & the Great Spreadsheet
31 - Thought Lab 3: Utilitarianism & the Great Spreadsheet
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47 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2021
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Today, Paul Sagar and I get into utilitarianism. We talk about thought experiments that involve: drowning kids, ruined loafers, death squads and bioweapons. The drowning children are from Peter Singer. He's a utilitarian that thinks that we rich first-world types should be giving away all our money to save the global poor from starving and malaria. Paul disagrees. He brings in another philosopher (Bernard Williams) to argue that worrying about starving children all the time would violate his integrity. As usual, he tries hard not to offend anyone (until he gets to Hiroshima). References: Peter Singer, “Famine, affluence and morality”Bernard Williams, “Against Utilitarianism”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35146517&fan_landing=true)
Released:
Aug 2, 2021
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