Episode 2: The "Dangerous Truth" about Free Will (Free Will and Morality, Pt. 2) - a podcast by Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
from 2012-08-31T23:00
Tamler and David discuss whether giving up our belief in free will makes us more likely to abandon our moral standards.
Links
Jesse Bering “Scientists
say free will probably doesn’t exist, but urge: “Don’t stop believing!” Excellent accessible description of the
Vohs and Schooler study that we discuss.
Tamler’s blog post inPsychology Todaycriticizing the pessimistic views of Smilansky and
Vohs and Schooler:"No Soul? I can live with that. No free will? Aaahhhh!".
“Eat the poo-poo.” “Like ice cream…”
Josh Knobe onfree will and experimental
philosophy.
Tamler's dialogue on some of the problems with current experimental work on free will:"Free Will and Experimental Philosophy: An Intervention."
“I want him dead! I want his family dead!”
Uhlmann, Zhu, Pizarro& Bloom “Blood
is Thicker: Moral Spillover Effects Based on Kinship”
Further episodes of Very Bad Wizards
Further podcasts by Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
Website of Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro