#728 Filipe Nobre Faria: The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism
Dr. Filipe Nobre Faria currently works as a researcher in ethics and political philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy of the Nova University of Lisbon (IFILNOVA). Furthermore, he lectures on subjects of his expertise at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences/Nova. His main research interest lies in applying the insights of the behavioral and evolutionary sciences to issues in social and political philosophy. He is the author of The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism: Democratic Problems, Market Solutions and the Ethics of Preference Satisfaction.
In this episode, we focus on The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism. We start with the premise of the book, and discuss what liberalism is; the opposing force of communitarianism; and individual preferences. We talk about free markets and liberal democracies in their capacity to satisfy preferences. We discuss the multilevel selection framework adopted in the book, and morality from an evolutionary perspective. We talk about moral types, and if it makes sense to distinguish between liberals and conservatives. We then discuss what really limits liberalism evolutionarily, individualism versus collectivism, and if liberal values will go extinct. Finally, we talk about the is/ought distinction.
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Intro
The premise of the book
What is liberalism, and what are its origins?
Opposing forces: communitarianism
Individual preferences
Satisfying individual preferences: free markets versus liberal democracies
A multilevel selection framework
Morality from an evolutionary perspective
Moral types
Does it make sense to distinguish between liberals and conservatives?
Why would liberalism have evolutionary limits, then?
Is this a case of the “West” versus the “Rest?
Individualism vs. collectivism
Will liberal values go extinct?
Does “is” imply “ought”?
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Our first interview: https://youtu.be/EqtijLQRPRU
University page: https://bit.ly/3CNjRMG
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3VgjFMR
The Evolutionary Limits of Liberalism: https://amzn.to/3MlpyEC
Twitter handle: @filipefaria