Moral Blindness, Political Division, and Bull$&%t | Philipp Huebl | Escaped Sapiens #48

On this episode of the podcast I speak with Professor Philipp Huebl about moral myopia, political division, and the spread of "bull$&%t" and misinformation. Bull$&%t, in this case, is something that lies somewhere between lies and truth, or something created by those that are indifferent towards the truth. Philipp is a visiting professor in philosophy and cultural studies at the Universität der Künste. We discuss why fake news and conspiracy is so captivating, and the tribal psychology that makes us susceptible to misinformation and ethical blindness. Our conversation also covers the role that shared morality plays in shaping society, the connection between morality and emotions, and the spread of political division and fake news.
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Menu:
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Moral dilemmas
7:10 - The function of morality.
19:00 - Objective morality and emotion.
28:45 - Changing your Morality.
36:40 - Absolute morality.
46:00 - Psychopaths.
49:00 - Men, Women, and morality.
52:50 - Big 5 personality traits.
59:30 - Morality, politics, and division.
1:06:00 - Science denial.
1:11:30 - Blind rage, fear, and disgust.
1:21:50 - Lived experience.
42:20 - Impact of prohibition.
1:46:33 - Iran and the organ trade.
1:53:15 - First moral movers.
1:58:35 - Bullsh&%#t.
2:13:05 - How divided are we?
2:22:50 - Examples of Bull%&#t.
2:29:00 - How important is it to control language.
2:40:15 - Response to alternative proposals.
2:43:45 - The mixing pot experiment.
2:58:55 - Do you have a positive outlook for humanity?
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[@vikihott4120]

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[@drew3865]

I read this guy’s article on conspiracy theories and the scientific method and his explanations of the various conspiracy theories were hilariously uninformed and sometimes flat out wrong. If you can’t accurately describe your subject matter I’m not going to take you seriously.

[@bpmotion]

Far-right vibes.

[@EscapedSapiens]

Hi bpmotion. I haven't quite worked out how to approach comments like this yet.
Certain topics like evolutionary psychology, morality, war, and realpolitik seem to give people this feeling, while other topics like the global warming, hierarchy and power structures, and ecology seem to drive accusations of left wing bias.
I want these conversations to be authentic and rich with ideas. These topics are messy, unscripted, complicated, and sometimes unsettling. I'm trying to give complete respect to my audience by not dumbing down the discussion, shying away from difficult topics, or sugar coating.
So, on the one hand I'm thrilled when listeners get involved in the discussion, and point out the stupid things I have said, or things that might show bias, or just be flat out wrong. On the other hand I do hope that listeners will be able to zoom out to see the full corpus for what it is, and give me a charitable interpretation wherever possible. So far I've been pleasantly surprised by how level headed and informative a lot of the criticism has been :).
Thanks for listening!