Choosing Better

Choosing Better

By Enoch Hill and Tim TaylorScienceSocial Sciences
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Choosing Better episodes

  • Ignorance is Bliss

    If knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss, where does that leave us?

    Sometimes it might be better to just not know. But... if you want to know, Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor discuss in this week's Choosing Better Podcast.

    Credits:

    Intro/Outro music - ⁠Drew Elliot⁠

    Post-Production - Michael Morris

    Additional thanks to the ⁠Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics⁠ for their support of our production, Stevener Gaskin, Kimberly Fair and the ICAM Studio.

    Initial Record Date: 10/2/2023


    58 min
  • What a Shame

    In a (somewhat) recent article, Ben Peterson suggests that

    1. Order is necessary for a flourishing society.
    2. Order is generally achieved through informal norms or through formal law and enforcement.
    3. In the US, norms previously provided order, this transitioned to law and enforcement, but now we are shifting away from formal enforcement without the informal norms.

      4. In this episode of Choosing Better, we explore the roles of shame and honor in society, discuss how these might best be implemented, and in what contexts they may be desirable or not.

      Credits:

      Intro/Outro music - Drew Elliot

      Post-Production - Michael Morris

      Thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics

      Initial Record Date: 4/11/2023

      59 min

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    Conversations about wacky ideas, economics, and the art of living well.