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- Reasoned Intuitions is taking a break.
As the title suggests, Reasoned Intuitions is going on an indefinite hiatus. Thank you to everyone who supported the podcast, and please stay in touch:
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https://www.facebook.com/dtonner3 min - Sacrifice, and why it's difficult to make ethical choices
In this episode, David discusses how every decision humans make consists of a cost-benefit analysis. He also looks at what constitutes a sacrifice and what only appears like one. Finally, he suggests a few reasons why making ethical choices is difficult for most people.
Contents:
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Examples
- Sacrifice
- Sacrifice: long-term
- It's only a sacrifice if it's difficult
-Joy/suffering scale
- Why it's difficult for people to make tough ethical choices
- If blood donation was painful
- Is David a moral monster?
Links:
Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
Cost-benefit analysis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis
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https://www.instagram.com/tonner_david/27 min - How should we interact with animals?
In the last of a three-part series about animals, David discusses ideal ways that we should interact with animals if our intention is to cause minimal harm.
Contents:
- introduction
- 4 categories of matter
- what is life?
- consciousness
- interaction with animals
- difficult questions
- René Descartes
- Thomas Nagel
Links:
Taxonomic rank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rank
Theory of Mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind
I think, therefore I am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum
What is it like to be a bat?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F
Wild Animal Initiative
https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/
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https://www.instagram.com/tonner_david/21 min - The Ethics of Sport Hunting
In this episode, David talks about sport hunting—the practice of chasing after and killing animals for pleasure, and explores two questions:
1. Is sport hunting morally permissible?
2. Is sport hunting bad overall and in every way?
Contents:
- introduction
- what is sport?
- what is hunting?
- sport hunting
- questions to consider
- fair chase
- the altruistic hunter
- catch-and-release
- moral compass
- a necessary evil?
- alternatives and ways forward
Links:
Fair chase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_chase
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https://www.instagram.com/tonner_david/21 min - Pets and Animal Captivity
In this episode, David discusses the ways in which humans keep and use animals, the way this has changed over time, the moral implications of animal captivity, and possible ways forward.
Contents:
- introduction
- animals as resources
- animals as labour-saving devices
- pets–domesticated
- pets–wild
- animals for research
- animals for entertainment
- counterarguments
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https://www.instagram.com/tonner_david/24 min - Are People Responsible for Their Words?
In this episode, David discusses the differences and similarities between words and actions and puts forward the notion that we are morally responsible for our words and the way they affect others.
Contents:
- introduction
- differences between actions and words
- similarities
- objections
- moral responsibility
- morality
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Links:
Moral responsibility:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_responsibility21 min - Should we all get the seasonal flu vaccine? An introduction to cost-benefit.
In this episode, David discusses the moral imperative behind the COVID-19 vaccine and how it differs from the seasonal flu vaccine. He talks about cognitive dissonance and finally introduces a theme that will be revisited in a future episode, the cost-benefit analysis.
Contents:
- COVID-19 vaccines
- seasonal flu vaccinations
- Is there a moral imperative to get vaccinated?
- blood donation
- organ donation
- cost-benefit analysis
- cognitive dissonance
My email address:
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Links:
Cognitive dissonance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Cost-benefit analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis20 min - Introduction to Season 2
Just a brief clip to promote Season 2 of Reasoned Intuitions!
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[email protected]2 min - Elizabeth Holmes (punishment, part 2)
In this episode, David delves further into the topic of punishment, looking at an instance of extreme punishment, responsibility versus punishment, what leads people to behave badly, how our sense of self-preservation often skews our better judgement, the instinctual basis of punishment, crime as a form of illness, and ways of raising children without punishment.
Contents:
- The Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) case
- Consequential responsibility versus punitive retribution
- Why do humans make mistakes?
- How does self-preservation cause us to behave badly?
- The instinctual basis of punishment
- Crime as a form of illness
- Punishing children
My email address:
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Links:
Pragmatic ethics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_ethics
Elizabeth Holmes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes
Charles Eisenstein article:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/a-restorative-response-to-mh17/
Best book on punishment I've read:
David Boonin – The Problem of Punishment
https://www.amazon.ca/Problem-Punishment-David-Boonin/dp/052170961X22 min - Punishment (part 1)
In this episode, David discusses the legal practice of punishing people for misbehaving or breaking laws. He explores the justifications for the practice on a legal, practical, and moral level, and looks at possible ways that punishment could be replaced with better approaches.
Contents:
- Overview and definition of punishment
- Philosophy of punishment
- Justifications for punishment
- Alternatives and ways forward
- Justice
- Reform
- Restorative justice
My email address:
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Links:
Pragmatic ethics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_ethics
Restorative justice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice
Best book on punishment I've read:
David Boonin – The Problem of Punishment
https://www.amazon.ca/Problem-Punishment-David-Boonin/dp/052170961X25 min
About Reasoned Intuitions
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Reasoned Intuitions is a podcast hosted by David Tonner, a world traveller who delves into personal intuitions and reflections on various moral issues in modern society.