#1 Abelard Podgorski- My Favourite Philosophy Professor - a podcast by PJ (Poh Jie)

from 2020-07-31T06:54:15

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Abelard Podgorski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His primary research interests are in rationality, normative ethics, and epistemology.



Show notes
  • [0:25] Thoughts on upcoming Singapore General Elections 2020 and US Presidential Election. Is the US primary election hijacked?


  • [8:24] Preferred candidate from the Democratic Party and why re-election of Donald Trump will lead to a disaster.


  • [16:24] Is the 2016 election of Donald Trump representative of a systematic problem, and have we solved them?


  • [19:53] What are systems of governments that Podgorski identifies with?


  • [22:39] Why does Podgorski think that people are not morally good?


  • [34:11] Why is our morality a little lower on the totem pole of our priorities?


  • [39:20] How can someone learn ethics on their own?


  • {42:53] Is there objective morality? Does it matter?


  • [45:47] Religion and objective morality.


  • [46:10] Problems with Divine Command Theory.


  • [53:25] Does God exist? Religion and philosophy.


  • [1:00:34] What is the strongest argument for the existence of God?


  • [1:05:48] Does God have to be all-powerful, all good, and created the Universe? The Cosmological argument for God.


  • [1:12:08] Why are bad arguments informative? What can they teach us?


  • [1:17:13] Why are some people irrational?


  • [1:24:19] Advice for people who seek work-life integration and unity in their life.



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