The Michael Shermer Show | 27 December 2022 | 2h 00m | Listen Later |
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Interview with Matthew Cobb about his book As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age. Discusses objections to genetic engineering (political, religious, cultural), selective breeding, recombinant DNA, the ethics of genetics, patenting life, gene therapy, gene editing, CRISPR, literature and films on the dangers of genetic engineering, bioweapons, 3 Laws of Behavior Genetics, and what people fear about it.
Tag: Morality
Victor Kumar on A Better Ape
The Dissenter | 29 August 2022 | 1h 26m | Listen Later |
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Interview with Victor Kumar about his book A Better Ape: The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made us Human. Discusses gene-culture coevolution; the three ingredients of the moral mind: core moral emotions, core moral norms, and a capacity for open-ended moral reasoning; moral intuition; moral reasoning; moral progress; institutional moralities; the role of religion, and moral philosophy; whether it is possible to a universal ethical code; political correctness, and a theoretical framework for addressing injustice and inequality.
Peter Richerson: Morality from an Evolutionary Perspective
This View of Life | 13 August 2020 | 0h 51m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Peter J. Richerson discussing morality from an evolutionary perspective. Draws on his book Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution, co-authored with Robert Boyd.
Rise and Kill First, An Interview With Ronen Bergman
Stratfor Podcast | 9 Mach 2018 | 0h 23m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Ronen Bergman, author of Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations. Includes stories from the history of the Mossad, Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces and evaluates the moral justification and effectiveness of Israel’s targeted killing programmes.
Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments
Conversations with Tyler | 16 October 2018 | 2h 30m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Tyler Cowen about the ideas in Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals. Makes the moral case for prioritising economic growth by not discounting future humans relative to those currently alive.