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Episode 2: The "Dangerous Truth" about Free Will (Free Will and Morality, Pt. 2)
FromVery Bad Wizards
Episode 2: The "Dangerous Truth" about Free Will (Free Will and Morality, Pt. 2)
FromVery Bad Wizards
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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Tamler and David discuss whether giving up our belief in free will makes us more likely to abandon our moral standards. Links“You Can’t Handle the Truth!” Jesse Bering “Scientists
say free will probably doesn’t exist, but urge: “Don’t stop believing!”
Excellent accessible description of the
Vohs and Schooler study that we discuss. Tamler’s blog post in Psychology Today criticizing the pessimistic views of Smilansky and
Vohs and Schooler: "No Soul? I can live with that. No free will? Aaahhhh!". “Eat the poo-poo.” “Like ice cream…” Josh Knobe on free will and experimental
philosophy. Tamler's dialogue on some of the problems with current experimental work on free will: "Free Will and Experimental Philosophy: An Intervention."“I want him dead! I want his family dead!” Uhlmann, Zhu, Pizarro & Bloom “Blood
is Thicker: Moral Spillover Effects Based on Kinship”
say free will probably doesn’t exist, but urge: “Don’t stop believing!”
Excellent accessible description of the
Vohs and Schooler study that we discuss. Tamler’s blog post in Psychology Today criticizing the pessimistic views of Smilansky and
Vohs and Schooler: "No Soul? I can live with that. No free will? Aaahhhh!". “Eat the poo-poo.” “Like ice cream…” Josh Knobe on free will and experimental
philosophy. Tamler's dialogue on some of the problems with current experimental work on free will: "Free Will and Experimental Philosophy: An Intervention."“I want him dead! I want his family dead!” Uhlmann, Zhu, Pizarro & Bloom “Blood
is Thicker: Moral Spillover Effects Based on Kinship”
Released:
Aug 31, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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