#481 Saul Smilansky: 10 Moral Paradoxes
RECORDED ON MARCH 5th 2021.
Dr. Saul Smilansky is a Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Haifa, Israel. He works primarily on normative and applied ethics, the free will problem, and the meaning of life. He is the author of Free Will and Illusion (Oxford University Press 2000), and 10 Moral Paradoxes (Blackwell 2007).
In this episode, we focus on moral paradoxes. We first define them, and then we go through some of them, including misfortunes, the paradox of beneficial retirement, punishment, feeling sorry when bad things happen, moral complaint, the obligation to have children and antinatalism, and moral worth. Toward the end, we talk about a normative moral theory that Dr. Smilansky developed, which he calls “Designer Ethics”.
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Intro
What are moral paradoxes?
Misfortunes
Beneficial retirement
Punishment
Should we always feel sorry when bad things happen?
Having children, and antinatalism
Moral complaint
Moral worth
Should we sacrifice the utilitarians? - Designer Ethics
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