The Necessity of Morality | Justin Smith, Jason Alexander McKenzie, Barry C. Smith

Philosophy For Our Times

English - August 27, 2019 09:02 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB - ★★★★ - 249 ratings
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Many philosophers have concluded that morality is a subjective human invention. Should we then simply encourage and argue for acts we support and do without morality altogether? Or is the authority of morality the tenuous thread that holds society together? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Justin Smith, Jason Alexander McKenzie and Barry C. Smith question the necessity of morality.

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