Doing Right And Feeling Good | Anders Sandberg, Simon Baron-Cohen, Peter Dews

Philosophy For Our Times

English - September 22, 2016 00:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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We think empathising with others is the route to a better world. But studies show that empathy encourages us to help one named child over ten anonymous others. Is morality perhaps not about empathy at all? Does the moral way to act have more to do with thinking than feeling, or is empathy a vital force for good?

Zero Degrees of Empathy author Simon Baron-Cohen, philosopher Peter Dews and Oxford Transhumanist Anders Sadnberg dispute how to be good.

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