EPISODE · Feb 19, 2025 · 1H 36M
Ethics, Trump, self-interest, authoritarianism, etc. with Whick-TV
from The Dan Norton Show · host Dan Norton
Whick's YouTube channel: @Whick-TV 0:00 Intro 2:30 Doing good vs. feeling good, short-run vs. long-run thinking 5:56 Does short-range thinking or being a rude jerk pay off? 10:42 What is the standard of good and bad? Pleasure and pain 18:28 Trump, optionality, limits to a good life, assessing someone’s (lack of) happiness 22:52 Metrics of success 25:34 Christian ethics, “love your enemy,” foreign policy (Iran), 31:00 Self-interest and self-sacrifice, examples: saving a drowning person, military service, etc. 54:46 Is it a bad idea to advocate self-interest because some people might interpret that in a bad way? 56:01 Ayn Rand’s seven virtues 1:01:41 What is Christian ethics like in practice? Jesus, Mother Teresa, welfare programs 1:07:14 The New Deal, the Great Depression, and government intervention 1:11:00 “I’m a capitalist….” “No, you’re not.” Taxes, regulations. 1:15:38 Authoritarianism/paternalism, harm reduction, age of majority 1:29:32 The individual vs. society as the source of value, “Why?” 1:32:47 Does the egoist only care about himself? 1:35:05 Outro
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