T. M. Scanlon on What We Owe to Each Other | The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

T. M. Scanlon, one of the world's preeminent moral philosophers, was Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard University until his retirement. In his seminal work, What We Owe to Each Other, Scanlon gives a liberal account of how to reason through what it takes to act justly in matters of morality as well as politics.
In this week’s conversation, T. M. Scanlon and Yascha Mounk discuss the true meaning of tolerance, how to decide whether an action is morally right or wrong, and why the question of free will isn’t as important as you might think.
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the good place send me here

[@davidwondrack4085]

It sent me to a shroom trip and peace

[@anna5224]

idk none of your friends are in heaven (real quote)

[@saintrumi]

T. M. Scanlon is a gift to humanity, and it’s incredible to me that we have such a gifted moral philosopher as a contemporary. What We Owe to Eachother is definitely not the easiest read I’ve come across, but it’s absolutely worth the effort.

[@NickKorzh]

helped me with my exestential crisis 😃

[@JustinBenjaminOnline]

5:57 "that would seem like Chidi. That would seem like Chidi". Yes, it would 😂

[@AarOnCoasters]

where's Chiti?

[@christophergiofreda564]

Thanks for this!

[@melaniecortez1934]

In Spanish please I don’t understand English 😢

[@JustinBenjaminOnline]

I did come here because of The Good Place. And while that's a great show, this sophist of a moral philosopher does not deserve inclusion. Pretty much everything about his philosophy outside of his allusions to other philosophers like Socrates is BS. His whole philosophy is based on a combination of logical fallacies and grand assumptions about human behavior and the purpose of morality. His moral philosophy is superfluous at best, and toxically codependent at worst.

[@timandmonica]

Can you recommend a robust, well-reasoned alternative for us?

[@piyarudeechaiyaporn9626]

Few people would recognize, based on your characterization, that the philosophy you're talking about is T. M. Scanlon's.