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EPISODE · Dec 23, 2024 · 52 MIN

Should criminals suffer?

from The Scientific Worldview

This episode features: -Should a doctor kill one patient to save five? -Is nationalism good or bad? -Which is more morally valuable, a pig or 1000 squirrels? -Are fish conscious? -Are trees morally valuable? -Should we care about AIs even if they aren't conscious? -Are you obligated to keep a promise you made to a dead person? -Is art valuable even if nobody looks at it? -Is withdrawing life-support the same as murder? -Which is better: an unequal world with more happiness, or an equal world with less happiness? -Is it wrong to favor your child over a random stranger? -Is love bad? -Is an immortal lizard more valuable than all of humanity? -Is utilitarianism useless in an infinite universe?

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