8 Impossible Thought Experiments - Cosmic Skeptic - #484

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What's happening, people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Alex O'Connor. He's a philosopher, podcaster and a YouTuber. Philosophy is hard, ethics are hard. Working out what is moral is hard. Today, we put our mental muscles to the test with some of the most challenging thought experiments in moral philosophy. Expect to learn why brain tumors might be a good way to learn what is actually moral, whether ethics is just an expression of emotion, whether we can kill someone to stop them nuking a city, why it might be best to just not have any more children, whether an expensive education is cheating, what it means to say that someone is morally responsible for their actions, why Alex wore a suit to a boat party and much more. 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