Sep 27, 2016
An historical overview of
rational ethics, focussing on the revolution in moral philosophy
that happened during the Enlightenment. Although there was amazing
progress during the Enlightenment, the contradictions of
enlightenment thinkers eventually led them to lose their way on
ethics and abandon a rational approach to morality. Understanding
this background is helpful if you want to use rational thinking to
make sense of ethics for yourself.
Show Notes:
Show Notes:
- TVL Episode 151 Your Own Moral Compass Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
- TED talk by Michael Huemer: The Progress of Liberalism
- Episode 227 Review Of The Better Angels Of Our Nature By Steven Pinker
- All Previous Episodes in the Thinking Rationally Series
