Ethics, Trump, self-interest, authoritarianism, etc. with Whick-TV

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0:00 Intro

2:30 Doing good vs. feeling good, short-run vs. long-run thinking

5:56 Does short-range thinking or being a rude jerk pay off?

10:42 What is the standard of good and bad? Pleasure and pain

18:28 Trump, optionality, limits to a good life, assessing someone’s (lack of) happiness

22:52 Metrics of success

25:34 Christian ethics, “love your enemy,” foreign policy (Iran),

31:00 Self-interest and self-sacrifice, examples: saving a drowning person, military service, etc.

54:46 Is it a bad idea to advocate self-interest because some people might interpret that in a bad way? 56:01 Ayn Rand’s seven virtues

1:01:41 What is Christian ethics like in practice? Jesus, Mother Teresa, welfare programs

1:07:14 The New Deal, the Great Depression, and government intervention

1:11:00 “I’m a capitalist….” “No, you’re not.” Taxes, regulations.

1:15:38 Authoritarianism/paternalism, harm reduction, age of majority

1:29:32 The individual vs. society as the source of value, “Why?”

1:32:47 Does the egoist only care about himself?

1:35:05 Outro