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Modern WisdomHow Do We Define What Is Good & Bad? | Cosmic Skeptic | Modern Wisdom Podcast 214
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 27, 2020
- Duration
- 1h 28m
- Channel
- Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Alex O'Connor is a philosopher & YouTuber. Get ready for a mental workout today as Alex poses some of the most famous and most difficult questions in ethics. What does it mean to say that something is good? Why SHOULD you do one thing instead of another thing? Why should we care about wellbeing? What is the definition of suffering? On whose authority is anything good or bad? Sponsor: Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/ (35% off everything with the code MODERN35) Extra Stuff: Watch Alex on YouTube - https://youtu.be/gcVR2OVxPYw Subscribe to Alex on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/CosmicSkeptic 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 #morality #ethics #cosmicskeptic - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Alex O'Connor and Chris Williamson, How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad? | Cosmic Skeptic | Modern Wisdom Podcast 214 explores Philosopher Alex O’Connor Dissects How We Define Good And Bad Chris Williamson and Alex “Cosmic Skeptic” O’Connor explore how we define morality, moving from everyday ethical intuitions into deep metaethics. They distinguish practical ethics (what is good) from metaethics (what good is), and examine whether morality is objective or merely based on preferences.
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