#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?
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...
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#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?
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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?
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