In which Sam Harris forces my hand and makes me talk about Utilitarianism, and not only because it is moral to care whether dead children are in Hunter Biden's basement.

After going over the 5 major moral theories (divine command, virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, nihilism) and some general Sam-bashing, we dive into the the meat of Utilitarianism and its various problems, including:

• the problem of quantification
• vices and vice traps
• flexibility in interpreting subjective experience
• the inclination toward tyranny
• the inclination toward antinatalism

Source videos:

1. Harris' 2010 TED Talk
2. Triggernometry Interview

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