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Today we are talking about control: Free will, luck (chance), and the power of nature versus nurture in how things in life turn out for us when it comes to these sorts of things. If you enjoy the show, share it with someone, or write a review on iTunes!
Today’s guest is Diana Hsieh, PhD in Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder
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SHOW NOTES
MIN 6:30
Aristotle’s Ethics
What control in life entails.
MIN 8:00
The power to do something or not do something.
The conditions for moral responsibility and the knowledge of what we are doing.
MIN 10
Psychopaths and DNA. Nature, nurture, and moral responsibility.
James Fallon. Smithsonian Magazine article.
MIN 12:30
Environmental conditions and choice.
Maybe nature and nurture is a false dichotomy.
Blaming people who are raised in tough circumstances and keeping people accountable for their choices too because they know the consequences.
MIN 16:30
Common sense view that you reach an age where you know better.
MIN 18
Self knowledge is powerful. We all have tendencies we have to overcome.
MIN 19
In character building it help when we understand what we have control over and what we don’t.
Know what alternatives there are.
MIN 22
In defense of praise and blame. (How we can improve and be morally responsible.)
MIN 23
Make progress as best as you can.
MIN 24
Is morality relative? Whose morality is right?* (see my note below)
MIN 26
Looking at the practical effects of morality.
Value-based morality.
MIN 28
philosophyinaction.com/moralluck
*my note: This line of inquiry poses something interesting about a common worldview (though largely an unconscious one) in American culture and it is a discourse quite popular in some circles also about “culturally relative morality” vs. morality sourced and referenced in a Creator who is objectively good and perfect. C.S. Lewis reflects on this in his book “Mere Christianity”. If you are interested in commenting about this in any way, you can do so at the FACEBOOK group PAGE here.