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The Abuse Of Moral Talk For Self Promotion | Justin Tosi | Modern Wisdom Podcast 221

Justin Tosi is the Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University & an author. Moral grandstanding is the easiest way to signal your virtue without having to actually do anything virtuous. Why has it recently become so prevalent? Expect to learn why wishing that someone would get cancer isn't a good debating tactic, the different forms that grandstanding takes, why it is a moral problem, how hierarchies play into people's desire to grandstand & much more... Sponsor: Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membership) Extra Stuff: Buy Grandstanding - https://amzn.to/2F8iPQo Follow Justin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JustinTosi 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 #language #socialjustice - 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

Justin TosiguestChris Williamsonhost
Sep 19, 20201h 11mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 0:24

    Intro

  2. 0:24 – 2:45

    What is grandstanding

  3. 2:45 – 5:44

    Two types of grandstanding

  4. 5:44 – 11:32

    Who plays grandstanding

  5. 11:32 – 16:28

    trojan horse

  6. 16:28 – 18:27

    grandstanding a new phenomenon

  7. 18:27 – 21:01

    the cost of grandstanding

  8. 21:01 – 22:29

    peoples desire to signal

  9. 22:29 – 24:22

    moral grandstanding

  10. 24:22 – 28:30

    paedophiles

  11. 28:30 – 29:19

    gun rights

  12. 29:19 – 30:59

    the black sheep effect

  13. 30:59 – 33:02

    Jordan Peterson

  14. 33:02 – 34:42

    Eric Weinstein

  15. 34:42 – 37:59

    Examples of grandstanding

  16. 37:59 – 43:11

    The Las Vegas shooting example

  17. 43:11 – 49:25

    grandstanding in politics

  18. 49:25 – 52:44

    sargon of akkad

  19. 52:44 – 1:11:32

    how to fix the problem

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