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We Should Be More Pragmatic about Ethics | Andrew Sepielli

We Should Be More Pragmatic about Ethics | Andrew Sepielli

FromBrain in a Vat


We Should Be More Pragmatic about Ethics | Andrew Sepielli

FromBrain in a Vat

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Are moral facts baked into reality, the way facts about socks or rocks are? Or should we think about morality in a more pragmatic way: that it doesn’t matter whether ethics are ‘in the world’ – only that ethics guide our actions effectively?   
Andrew’s Book, ‘Pragmatist Quietism’: https://www.andrewsepielli.com/book-pragmatist-quietism
Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff 
Editor and Producer: Jimmy Mullen 
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Released:
Nov 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer.